Event Date: May 15, 2025

The impact of fraud on the victims is often framed as an economic hit and there is a tendency to blame the victim for “falling for” the financial crime. For older victims, victim-blaming is paired with ageist attitudes which leads to too many individuals not reporting these crimes and not seeking support for the resulting distress. This online virtual forum, geared to health care and social service providers (HCSSPs) begins with some information and statistics to set the stage and then a panel of three professionals who will touch on various aspects of the detrimental mental health impacts of financial fraud. Since this is the first of what we believe will be many conversations on this issue, we hope to have a highly engaged and interactive group discussion, that will help us identify the opportunities and barriers for addressing the mental health impacts of financial fraud on patients or clients. One outcome is to identify key messaging and mental health recovery strategies tailored to the unique needs of older adults.
 

Who Should Attend?

This event is intended for health care and social service professionals. 

 

 
This event, funded by Justice Canada for 2025 Victims and Survivors of Crime Week, is co-hosted by the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health (CCSMH) and brainXchange.


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Presenter(s):

Wyman.pngDr. Joshua Wyman 
Dr. Joshua Wyman is an Assistant Professor at King’s University College at Western University. His research focuses on improving the best practice methods for interviewing older adults in criminal investigations. He is also completing research that explores older adult fraud victimization, prevention and intervention, as well as the prevention and reporting of older adult maltreatment in healthcare settings. Finally, Dr. Wyman is a licensed school and clinical psychologist in Ontario. In his role as a psychologist, he provides psychological assessment, treatment and consultation services to children, youth and parents in school and clinical settings.




 
Mascio-Rob-2024-2-1-social.jpgRob Mascio 
Robert Mascio has been with FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) for over 19 years and is Director of Investor Education Outreach. In this capacity, Mr. Mascio cultivates and manages FINRA Foundation programs and partnerships related to investor protection and the prevention of financial fraud and exploitation. He also helps drive research surrounding financial fraud, the victim experience, and scam susceptibility, as well as facilitates FINRA’s Investor Issues Committee. Prior to this role, Mr. Mascio held a variety of management and investigative positions within FINRA, including managing FINRA’s Vulnerable Adults and Seniors Team, which was responsible for conducting specialized reviews and investigations of senior specific abuse. Additionally, he serves on the advisory board to the Cybercrime Support Network and participates on Multi-Disciplinary Teams and taskforces related to senior financial exploitation. Mr. Mascio obtained his MBA from Florida State University, an undergraduate degree from Salisbury University, and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.