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Free EventAnnual Real Estate Fraud Briefing·Oct 30 , Chandler, AZ or ZoomRegister free →
Free professional annual real estate fraud briefing: Attend live in Chandler, AZ or join online by Zoom.

Home Fraud Defense presents

The Real Estate
Fraud Briefing

Arizona 2026 · First Annual

Real estate fraud is growing faster than the industry's response to it. This briefing is designed to share best practices for recognizing and reacting to fraud targeting real estate transactions, and to hear directly from the people who regulate, investigate, and defend against it. Let's work together to protect our clients, our agents, and the industry.

22%of homebuyers received fraudulent or suspicious communication during closing in 2025. CertifID 2026 State of Wire Fraud Report

Hear directly from

Susan Nicolson
Arizona Real Estate Commissioner
Don Carroll, CFE
Attorney General's Criminal Investigator
U.S. Secret Service
U.S. Homeland Security - Secret Service Phoenix
Aaron Green, Esq.
Arizona REALTORS® Association AAR
Arizona's real estate regulator
The Attorney General's criminal investigator
Federal law enforcement from the U.S. Secret Service
Arizona REALTORS® legal counsel
Leaders from Arizona's largest brokerages
Date
Friday, October 30, 2026Check-in begins at 9:30 AM
Time
10:00 AM–12:00 PM MST (Phoenix)1:00–3:00 PM ET · 2 hours
Attend
Chandler, AZ or ZoomWeSERV Chandler 1733 E Northrop Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85286
Free registrationLive audience Q&ANo vendorsNo sales pitch

Reserve your place

Register free

Select how you plan to attend. Live seating is limited; online registrants receive the Zoom details by email.

Collecting questions before the event helps shape the interviews.

By registering you'll receive a confirmation email, access details, and reminders for this event.

Confirmation sent immediately. No cost, no vendors, no sales.

01
Who should attend

Built for the people who carry the risk.

Designated and managing brokers
Brokerage owners and principals
Agents handling buyer and seller transactions
When fraud reaches one of your transactions, the first decisions are yours.
02
Format

2 hours. No pitch. No vendors.

Candid interviews, not sales presentations
Regulators and investigators on what they are seeing right now
Live audience Q&A at the close
What they want the industry to change, and why they would rather see it come from brokers than from a rule.
03
What you leave with

A plan, not just awareness.

What to watch for across the whole transaction
Where to report, why it matters, and how fast it has to happen
Resources to turn to when it lands on your desk
Practical steps you can put in place at your office next week.

Who you will hear from

One room. Four essential perspectives.

Each guest is interviewed rather than asked to present. The format is designed to develop and share practical answers real estate professionals can actually use.

Susan Nicolson

Susan Nicolson

Commissioner
Arizona Department of Real Estate

What is appearing in complaints, how broker supervision is evaluated after a fraud incident, and where ADRE's authority begins and ends.

Don Carroll, CFE

Don Carroll, CFE

Criminal Investigator
Arizona Attorney General's Office

How cases are worked, which evidence matters, what can be lost in the first hours, and what professionals should preserve.

U.S. SECRET SERVICE★ PHOENIX FIELD OFFICE ★

U.S. Secret Service

U.S. Homeland Security - Secret Service Phoenix
Speaker to be announced

Wire fraud recovery, the first 72 hours, who to call, and what federal investigators need while the recovery window is still open.

Aaron Green, Esq.

Aaron Green, Esq.

Arizona REALTORS® Association AAR

What members are asking about, where transaction practices create exposure, and what professionals should document.

John Rowan
Moderated byJohn RowanFounder, Home Fraud Defense

Home Fraud Defense provides free fraud tools and education to consumers and real estate professionals in all fifty states. John opens with what agents are reporting nationally and how Arizona compares, then moderates the panel and hosts a Broker Forum with the state top brokers.

All speakers are confirmed. Individual offices and agencies may update their participation at their discretion; registered attendees will be notified of any changes.

Why attend

Leave with a clearer response plan.

The value of this briefing is not another fraud warning. It is hearing directly from the people who regulate, investigate, recover, advise, and supervise when fraud reaches a transaction.

Know what to do in the first hours

Understand the order of calls, what to preserve, and why delays make recovery more difficult.

Understand the supervision question

Hear how policies, training, documentation, and broker oversight may be examined after an incident.

Ask the people doing the work

Submit a question in advance and participate in live audience questions during the program.

$20.9B

Reported U.S. losses to cyber-enabled crime in 2025.

FBI IC3 2025 Annual Report
$275.1M

Reported losses in the FBI's real estate category in 2025.

FBI IC3 2025 Annual Report
22%

Homebuyers who received fraudulent or suspicious communication during closing.

CertifID 2026 State of Wire Fraud Report

Program

Two focused hours.

Moderated by John Rowan, Founder of Home Fraud Defense. All speakers are confirmed; individual offices and agencies may update their participation at their discretion.

10:00
John Rowan
Founder, Home Fraud Defense · Moderator for the full program
Before it becomes a complaint. What Arizona agents are calling about right now, how it matches what we're seeing nationally, and why most of what they describe never reaches a complaint, a claim, or a lawsuit.
John Rowan
10:05
Susan Nicolson
Commissioner, Arizona Department of Real Estate
The regulator's view. Complaints, supervision, documentation, and the limits of ADRE's authority.
Susan Nicolson
10:25
Don Carroll, CFE
Criminal Investigator, Arizona Attorney General's Office
Working the case. Evidence, reporting, preservation, investigative realities, and the first hours after discovery.
Don Carroll, CFE
10:45
U.S. Secret Service
U.S. Homeland Security - Secret Service Phoenix
Understanding the wire fraud kill chain process. Wire fraud recovery, the correct order of response, and what federal investigators need.
U.S. Secret Service
11:00
Aaron Green, Esq.
Arizona Realtors Association and Broker Panel
The industry answers. Legal hotline concerns, practical brokerage safeguards, gaps, implementation, and audience questions.
Aaron Green, Esq.

Choose how to attend

Be in the room or join from anywhere.

Best experience

Attend live in Chandler

Join the room, participate in audience questions, and connect with Arizona professionals at the first annual briefing.

  • ✓1733 E Northrop Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85286
  • ✓Check-in opens at 9:30 AM
  • ✓Program begins promptly at 10:00 AM
  • ✓Coffee and light refreshments provided

Most convenient

Attend online by Zoom

Join the complete live briefing online. Registrants receive access instructions and reminders by email.

  • ✓Watch the full 2-hour live program
  • ✓Submit a question during registration
  • ✓Receive the Zoom link before the event
  • ✓10:00 AM–12:00 PM MST (Phoenix) / 1:00–3:00 PM ET

Questions

Before you register.

Is there a cost to attend?

No. Registration is free for both live and online attendance.

Who should attend?

The program is designed for designated brokers, managing brokers, brokerage owners, principals, agents, and others responsible for protecting real estate transactions.

Will a recording be available?

We encourage you to attend live or online. We will communicate directly with registrants about any recording once speaker permissions and agency restrictions have been confirmed.

How will I receive the Zoom link?

Online registrants receive an immediate confirmation email with the Zoom link, a reminder before the event, and access instructions. In-person registrants receive the link as well in case plans change.

Fraud reaches the transaction fast.
Your response plan should already exist.

Reserve a free place for The Real Estate Fraud Briefing, Arizona 2026. Choose live attendance in Chandler or join online by Zoom.

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Registration is free and takes under a minute. Brokers, principals, and agents are all welcome, in Chandler or by Zoom.

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Hosted by Home Fraud Defense. Speakers participate in their individual or official professional capacity as applicable. Participation by any agency, association, office, speaker, or brokerage does not constitute endorsement of Home Fraud Defense or any product or service. Program, speakers, and format are subject to change.

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