Abby Lackman is an outstanding officer. As Deputy Unit Manager for Chengdu’s Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU), Abby distinguished herself as an innovative leader, and a sharp policy advocate, allowing us to advance core U.S. border security interests in a resource-constrained environment. She displayed a demeanor and actions that were already at the level I would expect to see in a mid-level officer. I strongly recommend her tenure and promotion now.
Understanding China’s enormous visa and immigration services industry is crucial for consular officers to successfully vet travelers to the U.S., yet our limited resources often hamper our ability to fully analyze this industry. Taking initiative, Abby designed a large consular project and utilized …show more content…
She identified more than 100 malafide travelers linked to several different fraud rings resulting in Post revoking more than 100 issued visas and preventing dozens more from acquiring visas in the future. Abby applied her fraud prevention acumen during a month-long stint with Consular Affair’s Consular Integrity Division (CID). The CID Chief praised her work, stating, “Abby did an outstanding job. She picked up on the work very quickly and in a short time, contributed to our mission in a meaningful and impactful way, assisting us to identify and terminate employment for five malfeasant consular employees at three overseas posts.” Abby regularly provided targeted training to adjudicators – improving their fraud prevention intelligence and empowering them to make better, more efficient adjudications. Abby also became Post’s expert on our visa applicant prescreening process, a technology which uses data analytics to identify potential fraud indicators prior to applicants’ interview. She streamlined the entire process and took charge of an impactful validation study to ensure that FPU’s resources were being used effectively. As a result of her efforts, our unit was adjusted our parameters to improve prescreening accuracy which significantly enhanced our ability to thwart ill-intentioned travelers from abusing the visa to
Understanding China’s enormous visa and immigration services industry is crucial for consular officers to successfully vet travelers to the U.S., yet our limited resources often hamper our ability to fully analyze this industry. Taking initiative, Abby designed a large consular project and utilized …show more content…
She identified more than 100 malafide travelers linked to several different fraud rings resulting in Post revoking more than 100 issued visas and preventing dozens more from acquiring visas in the future. Abby applied her fraud prevention acumen during a month-long stint with Consular Affair’s Consular Integrity Division (CID). The CID Chief praised her work, stating, “Abby did an outstanding job. She picked up on the work very quickly and in a short time, contributed to our mission in a meaningful and impactful way, assisting us to identify and terminate employment for five malfeasant consular employees at three overseas posts.” Abby regularly provided targeted training to adjudicators – improving their fraud prevention intelligence and empowering them to make better, more efficient adjudications. Abby also became Post’s expert on our visa applicant prescreening process, a technology which uses data analytics to identify potential fraud indicators prior to applicants’ interview. She streamlined the entire process and took charge of an impactful validation study to ensure that FPU’s resources were being used effectively. As a result of her efforts, our unit was adjusted our parameters to improve prescreening accuracy which significantly enhanced our ability to thwart ill-intentioned travelers from abusing the visa to