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TOPICS COVERED 

Title: ATM Jackpotting
Speaker: Steven Baskerville, United States Secret Service
Brief:
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of ATM jackpotting techniques, encompassing both the logical and physical attack vectors. Students will learn the vulnerabilities exploited in various ATM models and the methodologies used by criminals to force cash dispensing. The class covers the tools, software, and reconnaissance involved in jackpotting schemes. Emphasis will be placed on understanding preventative measures, detection strategies, and incident response protocols for financial institutions. Participants will gain practical insights into mitigating this evolving threat landscape.

Title: AI Powered Fraud
Speaker: Steven Baskerville, United States Secret Service
Brief:
This course examines the growing threat of fraud facilitated and amplified by artificial intelligence. Students will learn how AI is being used to create sophisticated phishing attacks, generate deepfake identities for synthetic fraud, and automate account takeover schemes. The class will also explore how AI can be leveraged for fraud detection and prevention, including machine learning algorithms and behavioral biometrics. Ethical considerations and the ongoing arms race between AI-powered fraud and defense mechanisms will be discussed. Participants will gain insights into understanding, identifying, and mitigating these advanced fraudulent activities

Title: Cryptocurrency Related Crimes
Speaker: Steven Baskerville, United States Secret Service
Brief:
This class explores the burgeoning landscape of criminal activities associated with cryptocurrencies. Participants will delve into common offenses such as ransomware attacks demanding crypto, illicit marketplace transactions, and investment scams. The course covers the intricacies of blockchain technology relevant to criminal investigations, including transaction tracing and anonymity challenges. Legal and regulatory frameworks surrounding cryptocurrency crimes will also be examined. Students will gain knowledge of investigative techniques and tools used to combat these evolving digital threats

Title: Bank Security
Speaker: Mike Burke
Brief:
Nothing is more important than the safety of you, your employees, and your customers. Robbery is a violent crime that has and will continue to victimize banks across the nation. During this session types of robberies and considerations to deter will be identified. How to conduct your own physical threat assessment will be explored.

Title: It’s Not Just Cyber, It’s Social
Speaker: Mike Burke
Brief:
Social Engineering of bank customers and bank executives has become rampant. Mike will identify Phishing, SMShing, Elder Fraud, in person attacks (walkers) and account opening social engineering that will better equip bank staff to identify and deter this fraud.

Title: Inspections and Collateral Protection
Speaker: Gavin Gatrell, Special Ranger, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser’s Association
Brief:
The presentation will discuss collateral inspections, preventative measures, and early detection of problems with borrowers. Gavin will touch on a bank fraud case he is currently working on, mentioning some of the things that were done right in that incident.

Title: Navigating Cybersecurity Threats: How Community Banks Can Stay Resilient
Speaker: Charles Potts
Brief:
Cyber threats are growing in sophistication and frequency, posing real risks to community banks of all sizes. This session will explore the current cybersecurity landscape and highlight how to equip your bank with the tools, resources, and advocacy needed to strengthen their defenses and safeguard customer trust.

Title: Fighting Fraud Together: Addressing Emerging Threats
Speaker: Charles Potts
Brief:
From check fraud to account takeover and synthetic identity scams, community banks are facing a wave of increasingly complex fraud schemes. This presentation will outline key fraud trends and share how your bank can stay ahead with education, tools, and collaborative solutions to protect their institutions and customers.

Title: Check Fraud
Speaker: Charles Potts

MEET THE EXPERTS 
Mick Thompson, a former Poteau banker, was appointed Oklahoma Bank Commissioner September 1, 1992, by Governor David Walters. He was reappointed by Governor Frank Keating in 1996 and 2000, by Governor Brad Henry in 2004 and 2008, by Governor Mary Fallin in 2012 and 2016, and by Governor J. Kevin Stitt in 2020 and reappointed in 2024 for his 9th term as Commissioner. Commissioner Thompson has held this position longer that any other bank commissioner in Oklahoma’s history. He comes to the position with experience as executive vice president of Central National Bank in Poteau from 1977 to 1990.
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Steven Baskerville, United States Secret Service, has been a member of the law enforcement community for the last twenty-six (26) years, first as a municipal police officer and then a special agent. Steven is currently a Supervisory Criminal Investigator / Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge with the United States Secret Service, assigned to the National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI) Lab located on the campus of the University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK. Previously, he was assigned to the Technical Security Division in Washington, DC, and to the Waco Resident Office. His investigative duties have included the investigation of state and federal crimes involving the use of electronic devices, access device fraud, bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, identity theft and counterfeiting. Full Bio...
From teaching criminal justice classes, investigating bank robberies and embezzlement as a sergeant detective, and serving as the founding director of the Iowa Central Homeland Security Training Center, Mike Burke is an invaluable resource for organizations looking to improve their understanding and training in robbery and crisis management. His timely, comprehensive, and thoughtful presentations regarding robberies, active-shooter scenarios and loss prevention help community institutions enhance their security measures and ensure regulatory compliance. As a member of the Midwest Financial Fraud Investigators, Mike partners with law enforcement and other financial institutions to share information about fraud. Full Bio...
Paul R. Foster is the President & Senior Shareholder of Paul Foster Law Offices, P.C., located in Norman, OK.  Mr. Foster’s forty plus years of law practice include ten years as General Counsel for the Oklahoma State Banking Department and twenty-five plus years as General Counsel for CBAO. Mr. Foster has been involved in a number of state and national bank legislative and regulatory projects, including leading national training for banking attorneys, being specially appointed Assistant Attorney General for several states in federal court banking litigation, and the rewrite of the Oklahoma Banking Code and as a member (officially or unofficially) of the Oklahoma UCC Legislative Committee for Revised Articles 3, 4 and 9. Full Bio...
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser’s Association Special Ranger Gavin Gatrell is a twelve-year veteran of law enforcement. He holds an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice, Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Technology, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. During his career he has been involved in many different types of criminal investigation at the local, state, and federal levels. Special Ranger Gatrell began his law enforcement career as a reserve deputy while he was finishing his degree after concluding service as a U.S. Air Force Officer. Full Bio...
Charles E. Potts is executive vice president and chief innovation officer for the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA). In this role Potts drives ICBA’s innovation initiatives, and financial technology strategies, working with ICBA leadership to develop impactful, value-added solutions that help community banks seize new market opportunities to meet customers’ evolving financial services’ needs. Full Bio...
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HOTEL INFORMATION 
CBAO has a block of hotel rooms available to you at the Lively Hotel, 5101 North Pennsylvania, Oklahoma City, OK 73112.  The special room rate is $199.00 per night with a cutoff date of May 6, 2025.  Book your room today!