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Prosecutors Target Loosely-Regulated Business Lending Sector
Prosecutors Target Loosely-Regulated Business Lending Sector
August 11, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Federal and state authorities are targeting companies that allegedly lend money to small businesses at extreme rates and seek to collect payments with heavy-handed tactics,...

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Report: Companies Say Amazon Accessed Proprietary Info To Make Its Own Products
Report: Companies Say Amazon Accessed Proprietary Info To Make Its Own Products
July 26, 2020  |  Amazon

Daniela Braga, founder and CEO of DefinedCrowd Corp., a data platform for artificial intelligence (AI), has a beef with Amazon Inc., The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)...

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Feds Eye Payments Processors, Phony Websites Over Fraud
Feds Eye Payments Processors, Phony Websites Over Fraud
July 22, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are cracking down on scams known as credit card laundering or transaction laundering,...

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FTC Provides Testimony On Anti-Fraud Efforts Amid Pandemic
FTC Provides Testimony On Anti-Fraud Efforts Amid Pandemic
July 21, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) testified before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade and Consumer Protection on Tuesday (July 21), detailing its efforts to...

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FTC Presses For Testimony From Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Sandberg
FTC Presses For Testimony From Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Sandberg
July 17, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Facebook Inc’s top executives could be required to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the regulator investigates whether the California-based social media conglomerate...

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Pandemic Scammers Robbed US Consumers Of More Than $77M
Pandemic Scammers Robbed US Consumers Of More Than $77M
July 07, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Americans have lost more than $77 million in COVID-19 fraud since the start of the year, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Get the Full...

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FTC Reports Record Surge In eCommerce Complaints Amid Pandemic
FTC Reports Record Surge In eCommerce Complaints Amid Pandemic
July 01, 2020  |  Retail

While online purchasing has skyrocketed since March as the country shut down as a defense against COVID-19, so have complaints to the federal watchdog agency...

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Investec: What FIs Must Know About Open Banking And Gaining Consumer Trust
Investec: What FIs Must Know About Open Banking And Gaining Consumer Trust
June 25, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

Digital fraud and cybercrime are constant worries for financial institutions (FIs) of all sizes, with these businesses seeing an average of 30 cyberattacks per hour...

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Consumers Duped By ‘Risk-Free Trials’ To Get $8.7M In Refunds From FTC
Consumers Duped By ‘Risk-Free Trials’ To Get $8.7M In Refunds From FTC
June 22, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sending out over $8.7 million in refunds to 187,425 customers who were reportedly signed up for non-consensual payment plans...

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