TIER 2 SECTOR COVERAGE

Banking

Volume II of the Sector Coverage Series

For bank BSA/AML officers, fraud operations, general counsel, wealth-management compliance, and independent investigators retained by community banks, regionals, nationals, and their fintech partners.

TIER Tier 2 · Professional Reference
PRICE $227 / monthly
COVERAGE 110 investigative playbooks across 22 categories
DELIVERY Secure dispatch within 24–36 hrs

Professional Reference Material

These playbooks are professional reference material intended for licensed investigators. They are not legal advice. Investigators are responsible for compliance with the laws of their jurisdiction and the specific requirements of their clients and cases.

PROPRIETARY FRAMEWORK

The TALON Difference

Every playbook in this platform is built against TALON, the proprietary defensive-operations doctrine developed inside The Investigator's Desk over years of federal investigative practice.

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Actor-model analysis

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Reverse trace

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Artifact mapping

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evidence econstruction

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Banking, at a Glance

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The 110 Banking Playbooks

The full catalog is listed below by category. Each entry is a standalone playbook covering the case type named.

  • 01. Consumer Account Fraud and Identity Theft

    • Synthetic identity account fraud

    • Stolen identity account origination workup

    • First-party bust-out fraud workup

    • Account takeover investigation (deposit accounts)

    • Deposit fraud workup (mobile, RDC)

    • New-account fraud ring investigation

  • 02. Wire Fraud and BEC (Banking-Specific)

    • BEC and wire fraud investigation (bank customer victim)

    • Bank-as-victim wire fraud workup

    • Wire recall and clawback workup

    • International wire fraud workup

    • ACH fraud and unauthorized debit workup

    • Push-payment scam workup (Zelle, RTP)

  • 03. Check Fraud

    • Check kiting investigation

    • Counterfeit check investigation

    • Mail-theft check-washing workup

    • Employee check fraud workup

    • Business check fraud workup

  • 04. Debit Card and PIN Fraud

    • Debit card skimming investigation

    • PIN compromise workup

    • CNP debit fraud workup

    • Debit card mule and cash-out workup

    • Debit fraud pattern investigation

  • 05. Credit Card Fraud

    • Credit card account takeover workup

    • Credit card CNP fraud workup

    • First-party credit card fraud workup

    • Card-cracking and mule workup

    • BIN attack and enumeration workup

    • Credit card ring investigation

  • 06. ATM Fraud and Skimming

    • ATM skimming investigation

    • ATM jackpotting workup

    • ATM cash-out attack workup

    • ATM ram-raid and physical attack workup

    • ATM claim fraud workup (unauthorized withdrawal)

  • 07. Loan Origination Fraud

    • Consumer loan origination fraud workup

    • Auto loan origination fraud workup

    • Student loan fraud workup

    • Personal loan bust-out workup

    • Loan officer collusion workup

    • Straw borrower workup

  • 08. Mortgage Fraud

    • Mortgage occupancy fraud workup

    • Mortgage income and employment fraud workup

    • Mortgage asset and reserves fraud workup

    • Mortgage straw-buyer workup

    • Mortgage appraisal fraud workup

    • Mortgage builder bailout workup

  • 09. Commercial and SBA Loan Fraud

    • Commercial loan fraud workup

    • SBA loan fraud investigation

    • PPP and EIDL fraud workup

    • CRE loan fraud workup

    • Ag loan fraud workup

  • 10. Insider Embezzlement and Employee Fraud

    • Teller theft investigation

    • Bank officer embezzlement workup

    • Loan officer embezzlement workup

    • Wire operations employee fraud workup

    • Executive expense abuse workup (banking)

    • Trust officer embezzlement workup

  • 11. Elder Financial Exploitation

    • Elder exploitation by family workup

    • Elder exploitation by caregiver workup

    • Elder exploitation by advisor workup

    • Elder scam victim workup (romance, tech support)

    • Elder capacity workup for transaction validity

  • 12. Money Laundering and BSA

    • BSA/AML program audit workup

    • Structuring and layering investigation

    • Trade-based money laundering workup

    • Cash-intensive business workup

    • AML lookback investigation

  • 13. Sanctions and OFAC

    • OFAC compliance investigation

    • Sanctions violation workup

    • Correspondent banking sanctions workup

    • 50-percent rule and beneficial ownership workup

  • 14. Fintech and Third-Party Bank Partner

    • BaaS partner fraud investigation

    • Fintech third-party risk workup

    • Neobank partner incident workup

    • Payment processor incident workup

    • Crypto exchange partner workup

  • 15. Cybersecurity and Account Takeover

    • Bank data breach investigation

    • Ransomware incident response (bank)

    • Insider threat (banking)

    • Vendor breach workup (banking)

    • Business account takeover workup

  • 16. ADA Drive-By Lawsuit Defense

    • ADA branch accessibility workup

    • ADA website accessibility workup (banking)

    • ADA drive-by plaintiff workup

    • ADA ATM accessibility workup

  • 17. Activist Investor and Shareholder

    • Activist investor investigation workup

    • Proxy fight investigation workup

    • Shareholder demand workup

    • Shareholder derivative workup

  • 18. Wealth Management and Fiduciary

    • Wealth advisor misconduct investigation

    • Unauthorized trading workup

    • Selling away workup

    • Client fund misappropriation workup

    • Fiduciary duty breach workup

  • 19. Trust Department Fraud

    • Corporate trustee misconduct workup

    • Trust account forensic workup

    • Trust investment fraud workup

    • Trust fee dispute workup

  • 20. Regulatory Investigation (OCC/FDIC/Fed)

    • OCC examination response workup

    • FDIC enforcement action workup

    • Federal Reserve investigation workup

    • State DFI investigation workup

    • CFPB investigation workup

  • 21. Litigation Support (Banking)

    • Banking litigation fact workup

    • Class action defense support (banking)

    • Regulatory enforcement litigation support

    • Reg E and dispute-litigation workup

  • 22. Emerging Exposure

    • Cryptocurrency-related banking fraud

    • AI-generated deepfake authentication workup

    • Instant payment (FedNow) fraud workup

    • Open banking and API fraud workup

ADJACENT COVERAGE

Where Banking Meets the Rest of the Catalog

Banking investigations regularly cross into adjacent sectors. The volumes listed below carry the framework and playbooks that most often surface alongside a banking matter. Tier 2 subscribers have access to every volume; the cross-references identify where to look first.

Volume I · Retail

Retail-side payment fraud, gift-card program compromise, merchant chargeback recovery, and merchant-acquirer investigations

Volume XII · Technology

Fintech partnership fraud, banking-as-a-service platform investigations, API abuse and account takeover

Volume XV · Insurance

Banker professional liability, fidelity bond claims, D&O exposure on bank enforcement matters

Volume XIX · Real Estate

Mortgage fraud coordination with real estate closings, wire diversion recovery on real estate transactions

Volume XXII · Fine Art

Art-secured lending fraud, provenance-based loan collateral disputes, private-bank art advisory exposure

Volume XXVI · Estate and Probate

Trust-department fraud, beneficiary disputes with bank fiduciaries, private-bank trust administration matters

SUBSCRIBER ACCESS AND DELIVERY

What Ships & How

Two Documents Per Case Request

Operational Playbook

The doctrinal chapter: case overview, business and practice framework, investigative blueprint with step cards covering purpose, actions, output, restrictions, and gates, evidence considerations, interview strategy, report considerations, common mistakes, a tabletop exercise with worked answers, closing take, and the case-specific Client Communication Pack of email templates for every touchpoint from proposal through invoicing.

TALON Brief

The actor model for the case typology, the artifact map, and the reverse-trace sequence. This is the doctrine layer that tells the investigator not just what to do, but why those steps in that order, grounded in how actors in that typology actually operate.

Universal Forms

25 universal forms are provided separately as a one-time subscriber download.

Delivery Framework

Case requests → secure email

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Maximum → 3 playbooks / rolling 7 days

Monthly reports → scheduled delivery

Quarterly report → scheduled delivery

On-Demand Reports → separate purchase