Scurry: Fraud Squad

Eric Kinney is the CEO and Co-Founder of Scurry, a Silicon Valley stablecoin banking platform for emerging markets and author of the Scurry Fraud Book Series. With over three decades of experience in financial services, including traditional banking, wealth technology, and fintech, he specializes in operations, risk management, compliance, and financial crimes prevention. Kinney served as a board-appointed Bank Secrecy Act Officer (BSAO) for four fintech companies, was the seventh employee at LendingClub, and was a co-founder of AssetFort. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a former Department of Justice witness in a major fintech case, possessing deep expertise in anti-money laundering controls and startups in the Silicon Valley .

He holds Bachelor's degrees in Communication and Economics from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and a Global Executive MBA from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. Beyond his professional work, Eric has travelled the world, lived in Mexico and Spain for 2 years and is an accomplished endurance athlete, competing in long-distance running and open-water marathon swimming. Scurry (Fraud Squad) is his debut novel.

Scurry (Fraud Squad) serves as the debut volume in a sophisticated four-part literary sequence—a high-stakes examination of the Silicon Valley fintech landscape and the tactical warfare between global fraud syndicates and the American financial infrastructure. Interweaving the complexities of AML investigations, AI-augmented money laundering, and internal vulnerabilities with the disciplined world of Marine operations and endurance athletics, the narrative provides an expert vantage point on the systematic erosion of regulatory safeguards. While executive identities and corporate entities have been anonymized, industry professionals will discern the authentic echoes of real-world events that continue to unfold across the subsequent three installments.

"You've built something really special with Scurry: Fraud Squad. The blend of financial crime expertise, special ops action, open water endurance athletics, and rom-com tension is a rare combination — and the cast of 20+ characters each has enough texture and backstory to carry their own arc across four books."
Claire A.
"This is a fun read. It's a fast-paced thriller that takes the reader into the world of financial fraud. Not only did I enjoy the challenges that the main character had to overcome, but it was also cool to learn about the fraud factories that are attacking our financial companies and how AI is accelerating all of this."
Jeffrey H.
"This is an enjoyable first installment of Eric Kinney’s new series. Eric weaves his passions of endurance sports, travel and fighting fraud. He has done a good job developing his characters to the point where you are interested to see what happens to them in the ensuing books. One final note. You will be hungry for churros by the end of the first book!"
Tom A.

Pulse-Pounding Fintech Thriller