Colin Yates
Colin Yates
Colin has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in telecoms fraud, security and investigation. He joined Telecom New Zealand in 1990 as a Security Adviser and went on to hold a string of senior fraud management roles in Vodafone offices in AsiaPac and Europe. Since 2012 he has run his own consultancy which is best known for its PRISM database of numbers commonly used by fraudsters. Colin frequently gives advice about IRSF to groups such as the ITU, FBI, and Europol. He has held various management roles within industry groups, including the GSMA, CFCA, FIINA, ATRFA and PITA. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and has been honored many times for his work, including induction into the RAG Hall of Fame.