Rampant cyberattacks. Crypto in the service of dark money. The risks of bad actors using digital means to steal and to sow carnage across the globe. The threats of cryptocurrency – both real and perceived — are mounting. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Fraudsters follow the money. Take, for example, the Super Bowl. About half of all Americans were expected to place some kind of wager on the game, and online sports betting sites were expected to take in $4.3 billion by the time the championship trophy was...
In the past two years, the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been hit by 150 personal data breaches — 81 cases of unauthorized disclosure and 40 missing devices — Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Feb. 9), citing freedom of information documents. Get the Full...
Tax forms states are sending people listed as having received unemployment benefits are likely to reveal to many addressees that their identities were used in pandemic-related fraud schemes, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) suspects that a recent spike in unemployment assistance claims in the state may be due to an uptick in fraudulent filings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
By now, the surge in online shopping and the commensurate rise in cyberfraud over the past year are well-established themes. But what many people don’t know is how the frontline battle in that fight has changed. According to Jason Tan, founder and executive chair at...
Federal prosecutors in New York announced Thursday (Feb. 4) in a press release the indictment of three people linked to private equity firm GPB Capital Holdings on charges including securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received more than 2.1 million fraud reports from consumers in 2020, according to new data released by the agency on Thursday (Feb. 4). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
For merchants who until 2020 were mostly conducting business in the physical world, online fraud wasn’t a top-of-mind concern. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...
