His resume read like a mirror of the job posting. His interview answers were polished, but they landed a beat too late. Then one made-up hurricane cracked the whole act. He got the job anyway, and the four-month investigation that followed uncovered a North Korean IT worker scheme behind more than 170,000 fraudulent applications across corporate America.

Magen Gicinto, Chief People Officer at Nisos, shares the story that made NBC News and recently went viral on TikTok, taking you inside what tipped them off, how they caught him, and what they changed afterward. Stacy Zapar, Founder of Fraud Squad, turns each lesson into something you can use, with her Secret Sauce for deterring, detecting and stopping candidate fraud throughout the hiring process, without punishing your real candidates.

Together, they’ll break down the four pillars of fraud defense every hiring team needs, tying it all back to the people, process, technology and governance behind a real candidate fraud strategy. You’ll leave knowing what candidate fraud actually looks like up close, with a framework and a stack of tactics you can bring back to your team right away.