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# Jessica Cath
- URL: https://www.thebeyondpodcast.com/guests/jessica-cath/
- Published: 2026-07-31T15:30:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-10T11:57:23.000Z
- Description: Head of Financial Crime at Thistle Initiatives, specialising in anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist financing and fraud prevention.
- Author: Elliott King
- Tags: guest, Jessica Cath

**Financial Crime Expert / Partner, Thistle Initiatives**

Jessica Cath is a financial crime expert and Head of Financial Crime at Thistle Initiatives, where she helps firms of all sizes build compliant, secure structures to catch bad actors and protect vulnerable consumers. She holds a Master's degree in Intelligence and International Security, and specialises in anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist financing and fraud prevention.

On The BEYOND Podcast she talked with host and producer Aleksandra King about fraud's growth into a trillion-dollar industry rivalling the global drug trade, the psychology of the scam, money muling and the risks facing the next generation, the AI frontier of deepfakes and voice cloning, and the three golden rules for protecting your life savings.

## Credentials

- Head of Financial Crime at Thistle Initiatives
- Master's degree in Intelligence and International Security
- Specialist in anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist financing and fraud prevention

## Their episode

*What a Financial Crime Expert Knows That Most People Don't*, on The BEYOND Podcast with Aleksandra King.

[Listen to the episode](https://www.thebeyondpodcast.com/financial-crime-expert-jessica-cath/)