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Feds File Charges In International Fraud Scheme Involving A Picasso
March 02, 2018

For their alleged roles in a massive stock fraud and money laundering scam involving a Picasso, the U.S. Department of Justice has criminally charged 10 defendants. Prosecutors named U.K.-based Beaufort Securities Ltd and two of its managers, among others, in the case, according to news...

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Millennials Lose More Money To Scams Than Seniors
March 02, 2018

Millennials are apparently reporting losing money to fraud more often than seniors. But when seniors do become financial victims, they typically take a bigger hit than millennials do, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said in a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Internal Auditor Charged In $2B India Bank Fraud Scandal
March 02, 2018

An internal auditor at a Mumbai branch of Punjab National Bank is accused of conspiring with other officials to defraud the lender of $2 billion, reported Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Wells Probes Wealth Management Sales Practices
March 02, 2018

The controversy surrounding Wells Fargo continues. 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 to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to...

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Equifax Reveals 2.4M More Victims Of Breach
March 01, 2018

Equifax, the credit scoring company embroiled in a 2017 data breach scandal, disclosed news on Thursday (March 1) that has identified 2.4 million more consumers in the U.S. whose partial driver’s license information was stolen. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Is The Putin Family Using An Estonian Bank For Money Laundering?
February 28, 2018

Reports out this morning indicated that a whistleblower inside Denmark’s biggest bank warned the institution that its Estonian branch was being used by members of the Putin family as a front for money laundering.  That warning was reportedly in 2013. Get the Full Story Complete...

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PhishMe Is Acquired, Rebrands As Cofense
February 26, 2018

Email phishing has remained one of the most popular ways to trick people out of their money since the days of false Nigerian princes, who claimed they would share their inheritance with random strangers in a foreign land if those strangers could just do them...

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Boloro: The Two Basics Of Digital Identity
February 26, 2018

What’s left to say about digital identity that hasn’t already been said? 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 to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

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DDoS Attacks Cost Businesses $2M Each Time They Hit
February 23, 2018

New research out from the cybersecurity team at Kaspersky Lab indicates that DDoS attacks are costly today — and getting more so by the minute. According to the report, SMBs can count on a price tag of around $120 thousand on the attack, while enterprise-level...