Ashley Hanscombe

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Managing Director at Prosidium @ Prosidium
Ashley Hanscombe's Location
City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, South Africa
About Ashley Hanscombe

I have 28 years’ experience in the Forensic/Risk Management Environment. I have worked for the three major banks in RSA in a management role, my last been at Capitec Bank as a Forensic Admin Manager.My understanding of the different fraud scenarios is excellent and how these are investigated. I have an excellent understanding of the association rules and compliance regulations within the banking industry (Visa/MasterCard/Amex and Diners Club) as well as the local payment associations (PASA, SABRIC, OBS). I have been involved in many complexed and high-level investigations both locally and internationally and my success rate in solving these cases are high and I have received many awards and accolades for these achievements. Through these investigations I have testified extensively in both criminal and civil courts including Labour Courts and dealt with various Law Enforcement Agencies (NPA, Hawks, SARS, FBI, USA Secret Service) I am considered an expert witness in most courts based on my experience in counterfeit debit and credit card fraud as well as merchant and syndicate related fraud.As technology changes so do the fraud trends I adapt well to these scenarios and have been involved in various projects where the banks have implemented various fraud identification and risk tools to analysis and identify new fraud trends timeously and effectively. An example of this was the migration of card skimming from POS devices to ATMS. This trend affected the banks both locally and internationally which meant that the investigation techniques also had to change.

Ashley Hanscombe's Current Company Details
Prosidium

Prosidium

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Managing Director at Prosidium
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Ashley Hanscombe Work Experience Details
  • Prosidium
    Managing Director
    Prosidium Oct 2019 - Present
    Prosidium offers a unique, specialist & affordable services that separates & differentiates us from the rest. Our unique and specialist services include end-to-end background screening, vetting, investigative, risk management & insurance across Southern Africa, tailored to meet your needs & provide you and your employee with complete peace of mind.
  • First 48 Forensic Consultants
    Forensic Investigation Consultant
    First 48 Forensic Consultants May 2017 - Present
    Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
     Provide clients with a professional and cost-effective investigation solution which meets their requirements. Keeping clients updated daily/weekly on investigation progress. Providing Comprehensive reports to clients, identifying control weaknesses and procedural weaknesses. Making sure that all the investigation/training requirements are kept within the agreed budget and time frame.
  • Capitec Bank
    Forensic Investigations Manager
    Capitec Bank Jan 2011 - May 2017
    Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
     Managing a Forensic admin team of 11 staff members. Keeping the teams KPIs up to date and in line with business requirements  Developing the team to provide an effective service to our relevant internal and external stakeholders, as stipulated in Relevant SLA. Managing all ATMs including POS and Merchant Card related fraud incidents reported by clients, which included ATM card swapping, ATM Card skimming and possible merchant fraud/Collusion.  Producing comprehensive desk top investigation reports into claims submitted by clients against the bank. These investigation reports with our findings (identification of ATM “hot spots”, POS merchants both and cross border) and recommendations were submitted to Senior Management weekly. All identified ATM “hot spots” identified were referred to the field investigators for investigation for possible card swapping including Hi-Tech Skimming Devices. Following policies and procedures as per SLAs to recommend whether clients were to be reimbursed or not, avoiding escalations to the Banking OBS. With the implementation of EMV in South Africa, I was actively involved in numerous projects within Capitec Bank to ensure that that implementation of EMV was successful (Including the launch of the Capitec Bank Credit Card) this included Fraud Detection and Analytical Risk Projects that needed to be implemented (In accordance with MasterCard compliance guidelines and rules).  Supporting all mailboxes (forensic and section 205 subpoena) providing feedback, reports and informing all relevant parties (Financial Intelligent Centre, SAPS, NPA, the Reserve Bank and SARS) of suspicious activities, completing all steps through to testifying in court if needed. I was appointed as the Capitec Bank Representative at High Level meetings (SABRIC, PASA) including Interbank fraud forums.
  • Nedbank
    Forensic Investigations Manager
    Nedbank Oct 1991 - Dec 2010
    Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
     Conduct comprehensive investigation into instances of Commercial Crimes reported against the Bank in relation to Debit, Credit Card including Merchant Fraud. These functions included the investigation of ATM related crimes (Card swapping, Card Skimming and Hi-Tech Skimming Devices. Appointed to represent Nedcor Bank from a Risk Perspective to Analysis and Identify potential Fraud “Hot Spots” and threats prior to and for the duration of the FIFA Soccer World Cup Held in RSA. I worked closely with INTERPOL as we and local law enforcement agencies gathered information.  Investigate identified Nedcor Bank fraud prone POS merchants who had exceeded their fraud to sales parameters as reported by the Associations, Visa/MasterCard International including American Express and Diners Club. Identify and investigate possible CPP (Common Point of Purchase). Submitting detailed reports to the business advising on ways of minimising risks and identifying control weaknesses both internally and externally.
  • South African Police Service (Saps)
    Police Officer
    South African Police Service (Saps) 1987 - 1991
    Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Ashley Hanscombe Education Details

  • John Orr Technical High School
    John Orr Technical High School

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Ashley Hanscombe works for Prosidium

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Ashley Hanscombe's current role is Managing Director at Prosidium.

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Ashley Hanscombe attended John Orr Technical High School.

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