Free virtual program to address growing financial fraud threats

Nonprofit Westchester and Valley National Bank are partnering on a free virtual program designed to help people identify, prevent and address financial fraud threats.

The 90-minute program will start at 9:00 a.m. on Dec. 13 and will be hosted by Richard Vitale, senior vice president, head of investigations and assistant director of fraud risk management at Valley National Bank. This program will detail emerging threats, methods to mitigate risks to the greatest extent possible, and how to implement protections.

“As we were planning this program, it was evident how important it was to educate the community about financial fraud,” said emphasized Jan Fisher, executive director of Nonprofit Westchester. “This importance really hit home when a member organization had to cancel a meeting because they were dealing with check fraud and a hack of their office bank account. The outcomes can be costly operationally, financially, and reputationally and can most often be prevented.”

Registration for the program is available online.