We speak to Zafar Anjum, founder and chief executive of CRI Group, about the rising levels of fraud during the pandemic, and how his company is using AI to investigate wrongdoing. From fake degrees and doctored CVs to false insurance claims and bogus bills, corporate fraud investigators in the Middle East have seen it all. Founder and chief executive of Corporate Research and Investigations Group (CRI) Zafar Anjum told ICAEW his firm was busier than ever as the pandemic triggered a rise in white collar crime cases across the region. From its base in London, Zafar’s team has been helping firms in Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia, where Anti-fraud frameworks are still being built out inside the embryonic corporate regulatory regimes that govern the Middle East.