From age-old frauds to agentic AI

Fraud techniques that have been around for hundreds of years are being repurposed in the artificial intelligence era. Robert Newcombe of Church Court Chambers discusses historic as well as recent scams and asks: are we ready for the use of agentic AI in fraud?

Robert Newcombe (+44 (0)20 7936 3637, clerks@churchcourtchambers.co.uk) is a barrister at Church Court Chambers. His more than two-and-a-half decades of criminal advocacy has included cases with hundreds of millions of pounds in defalcations by numerous fraudsters and involved sophisticated cyberfraud, covert intelligence and niche regulatory criminal work.

Fraud techniques that have been around for hundreds of years are being repurposed in the artificial intelligence era. Robert Newcombe of Church Court Chambers discusses historic as well as recent scams and asks: are we ready for the use of agentic AI in fraud?