"There are a lot of regulation in terms of moving money, and fraud management and we want to be the partner mobile payments startups think of in this space".
Kobach has publicly insisted he will be advising DHS on investigating voter fraud moving forward, but DHS has publicly said he is not advising the agency. .
Both men's offices have histories of moving aggressively against financial fraud, and of vigorously defending their turf when other prosecutors try to compete for their cases.
"They told me I was too tough and too fast in firing the guy and moving in on this fraud," Dr. Healy said.
But as episodes like Ms. Nordberg's experience show, the criminals are trying just as hard to stay ahead, becoming more technologically and financially sophisticated and moving beyond garden-variety fraud like the misrepresentation and nondelivery of goods.
Further, states have moved to reduce fraud and technical foul-ups in recent years, resulting in both more caution and more paths for candidates to protest.
Wray began his career as a federal prosecutor working on violent crime cases, but eventually moved more toward fraud and public corruption, according to the National Law Journal.
Some street gangs are moving from drugs to refund fraud because it is more lucrative, less physically dangerous and, in some states, much less harshly punished.
Wilson believed she was helping to track and capture bank staff who were stealing customers' money, while Grange thought she was moving her savings to prevent fraud.
"What we noticed is that fraud schemes are moving globally, so if you see something happening in Eastern Europe you will see the same thing coming to the U.K. in 3 months or U.S. in 6 months.
