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Course Description:
This practical course explores emerging fraud risks affecting the remote gaming sector, with a focus on customer onboarding and KYC. Participants will examine identity theft, account takeover, synthetic identities, impersonation, multi-accounting, AI-generated content, deepfakes, voice cloning, and forged or manipulated documents. The session will also cover common red flags, practical authenticity checks, and a risk-based approach to reviewing suspicious information.
Target Audience:
Professionals working in AML, compliance, risk and fraud, payments, customer verification, customer onboarding, and related functions within the gaming sector.
Learning Outcomes:
- Recognise emerging KYC fraud risks and typologies affecting gaming operators.
- Identify indicators of identity theft, account takeover, synthetic identities, impersonation, and multi-accounting.
- Assess risks arising from AI-generated content, deepfakes, voice cloning, and forged or manipulated documents.
- Apply practical authenticity checks, identify common red flags, and use a risk-based review approach.
Prerequisites: A basic understanding of customer onboarding and KYC processes is recommended.
Date: 17 November 2026
Time: 09:00 – 12:15 (including 15 minutes break)
Venue: Live online session – details of how to join the meeting will be sent once registration is complete.
Fee: €100
CPE Hours: This course qualifies for 3 hours of Structured CPE which can be classified as Core Competency. A certificate of attendance will be provided at the end of the session.
Trainers:
Alex Azzopardi, Partner, Risk Consulting Advisory Services, KPMG in Malta
Alex joined KPMG in Malta in 2005 within the firm’s Audit function, where he specialised in the external audits of financial services entities. After 8 years, Alex moved to the Advisory function, where he assisted in the setting up of the Internal Audit Services line. Today, he leads engagements mainly focused on the provision of services in enterprise risk, corporate governance, regulatory compliance (including licensing), AML/CFT and internal audit services across the regulated financial services sectors and other non-regulated businesses. Alex is the Immediate Past Chairperson of the IIA – Malta, Fellow of the MIA, and a member of ISACA.
Ma. May Casimiro, Assistant Manager, Risk Consulting Advisory Services, KPMG in Malta
May is an accountant by profession and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accountancy, from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. In 2016, she obtained a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) License in the Philippines.
She joined KPMG in Malta in July 2022 as an Assistant Manager in the Firm’s Risk Consulting Advisory practice. Within her role at KPMG in Malta, May works extensively in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, particularly assisting local and foreign companies in the review of their AML/CFT-related policies, procedures, and testing of their controls. She was involved in several projects including AML internal audit engagements as well as CDD review and remediation projects.
Prior to joining KPMG in Malta, she was an Assistant Manager in KPMG Philippines’ Risk Consulting Advisory Group where she worked on a number of AML-related assignments such as AML/CFT compliance assessments, AML remediation projects, institutional ML/TF risk assessments and transaction monitoring system reviews. As part of her managerial role in KPMG Philippines, May was in charge of undertaking internal risk management and client engagement management procedures including client acceptance, continuance and engagement procedures. She has also assisted the Engagement Partners in business development initiatives covering preparation of proposals, review of pre-engagement activities and contracting with prospective clients.
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