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Eric Priezkalns

During his career, Eric has been a Director of Risk Management for a national telco, the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group, a Chief Marketing Officer for a software business, a consultant, a public speaker and the publisher of Commsrisk since its launch in 2006. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.

The comms providers that Eric has worked for include Qatar Telecom, Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky and Worldcom. In addition to his proficiency at speaking about the current scamdemic, Eric is also a qualified chartered accountant and a subject matter expert in consumer protection, enterprise risk management, fraud prevention, data integrity and billing accuracy. Eric was the lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press. He can be reached through the contact form on this website.

Articles by This Author

Subex Joins Elite Foundation Backers of RAG

The global RAFM supplier is the third vendor to agree to provide annual financial backing for RAG's free conferences and education program.

UK to Expand Regulatory Audit of Bill Accuracy

Ofcom wants to extend its metering and billing scheme to data services, even though it failed to protect voice customers.

Taiwanese Fraudsters in the Spotlight

Taiwanese gangsters face extradition to mainland China, where the penalties for telecoms fraud are severe.

Ghana Still Has Two National RA Auditors?

Based on Ghana's example, we should question the motives of those who want national telecoms revenue assurance audits.

US Telco Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud

One of the accomplices has already received a prison sentence of over 4 years.

Free Risk Training Seminar Added to London RAG

Experienced trainer Alan Blaney will give his half-day seminar to a strictly limited audience of only 25 telco employees. The registration process is currently open.

Where to Invest to Maximize Assurance Returns

In this short video, experienced consultant Mark Yelland shares his views on where assurance teams could increase value through additional investment.

WeDo Becomes Annual Sponsors of RAG

WeDo CEO Rui Paiva spoke in glowing terms about the reasons his business supports the work of the Risk & Assurance Group.

Two Year Prison Sentence for US Telco Fraudster

Edwin Fana and his accomplices stole data for 11,000 accounts, cloned mobile phones and made calls to the Caribbean.

Commsrisk Top Ten for 2016

The ten most popular articles on Commsrisk last year, plus the most-read posts during December.

Jens Schulte-Bockum, MTN Group COO

Jens is the Chief Operating Officer of MTN Group, and a director of various companies in the MTN Group. He has considerable operational...

China Cracks Down on Telecoms Fraud

Anyone committing telecoms fraud in China risks a very long prison sentence.

The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard


Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.

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