Fraud at the World Cup: When Volume Turns into Vulnerability

“What happens when the world’s biggest sporting event becomes the perfect environment for fraud to scale?” World Cup Betting KYC: https://sumsub.link/21f The World Cup isn’t just a global celebration of football, it’s one of the largest betting events on the planet. And where volume, velocity, and global participation collide, fraud doesn’t just appear… it accelerates. Our guest this week is Ludovico Calvi, Honorary President of ULIS, United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports. With decades of experience across betting operations and international integrity networks, Ludovico shares how fraud evolves before, during, and beyond major tournaments like the World Cup. From multi-accounting and bonus abuse to AI-driven synthetic identities and coordinated betting syndicates, this conversation explores how fraud has become structured, automated, and global. We look at why major events create the perfect conditions for these systems to thrive, how fragmented markets introduce hidden vulnerabilities, and why no single operator can see the full picture alone. We also dive into the growing role of real-time data sharing, cross-border collaboration, and integrity “war rooms”, and what it takes for betting companies to balance rapid growth with resilient defences. Because in a world where billions are watching and betting… fraud isn’t just playing the game. It’s playing the system. #sumsub #whatthefraudpodcast #worldcup Thomas Taraniuk on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tomtaraniuk Ludovico Calvi on LinkedIn:   / ludovico-calvi-033a5927   Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToSumsubForEx... Sumsub is empowering compliance and anti-fraud teams to fight money laundering, terrorist financing, and online fraud. More about us: https://sumsub.com https://x.com/Sumsubcom   / sumsubcom     / sumsub