Candidate Fraud Is Real. Here’s How to Buy the Right Tools to Stop It.

20 Oct 2026
Mandalay Bay J Ballroom
Breakout Session

Across 127,000 job applications, roughly one in four showed signals consistent with fraud, from fabricated identities to synthetic applicants slipping past screening built for a different era. The fallout isn't just wasted recruiter time spent manually chasing down suspicious applications: a single bad actor who makes it through hiring can cost an organization $1M+ once you factor in IP exposure, incident response, regulatory risk, and reputational damage.

Drawing on Socure's fraud detection data and ICIMS's own in-market research on the “could/should” question around automation, this session examines what's actually driving the increase, what today's detection technology can and can't catch, and how to assess whether your screening processes are equipped to address the risk.

You'll leave with a clear framework for assessing fraud-detection capabilities and determining whether your current tools are built for the problem you actually have.

Speakers
Chung-Man Tam
Chung-Man Tam, Chief Product Officer - Socure
Trent Cotton
Trent Cotton, Head of Talent Insights - iCIMS

Learning Objective 1

Understand the scale of candidate fraud today, including data showing that roughly one in four job applications shows signals consistent with fraud, and what that means for hiring risk and cost.

Learning Objective 2

Distinguish candidate fraud from candidate quality issues, and identify which one your current screening process is actually built to catch.

Learning Objective 3

Assess AI vs. automation claims from a buyer's perspective, so you can identify what a tool actually does and determine whether its capabilities align with your needs.

Access Level

Conference Pass Exclusive