bank fraud

Surveillance Firm Hawk AI Raises $17M as Financial Crimes Grow
Surveillance Firm Hawk AI Raises $17M as Financial Crimes Grow
January 26, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Hawk AI has raised $17 million to boost its fraud prevention and anti-money laundering efforts. The Munich company announced the Series B on Thursday (Jan. 26), saying...

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Chicago Grand Jury Charges 2 in ‘Remotely Created Checks’ Scheme 
Chicago Grand Jury Charges 2 in ‘Remotely Created Checks’ Scheme 
December 08, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

A federal grand jury has charged two operators of payment processing companies with bank fraud.  The grand jury in Chicago charged the two Illinois men...

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Fed FraudClassifier Offers Consistent View of Data Across Banks
Fed FraudClassifier Offers Consistent View of Data Across Banks
October 07, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

In financial services, you can’t fight the bad guys until you know what weapons they’re bringing to the battle. And how they’re mounting their attacks....

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NY Man Gets Jail Time For $390K Card Skimming Scheme
NY Man Gets Jail Time For $390K Card Skimming Scheme
January 09, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

A New York man, 39-year-old Bogdan Rusu, was sentenced to 60 months in prison on charges of using credit card skimming tactics to steal $390,141...

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Metro Bank Founder Fully Resigns Amid Accounting Scandal
Metro Bank Founder Fully Resigns Amid Accounting Scandal
October 03, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The ongoing fallout from an accounting error at Metro Bank will now see Founder Vernon Hill completely exit the group after previously announcing he would...

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MyPayrollHR Founder Faces $70M Fraud Charge
MyPayrollHR Founder Faces $70M Fraud Charge
September 24, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The CEO and founder of the New York payroll company MyPayrollHR was arrested and charged Monday (Sept. 23) in a $70 million bank fraud scheme...

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Huawei CEO: Banks Were Aware Of Firm’s Activities
Huawei CEO: Banks Were Aware Of Firm’s Activities
June 20, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The head of Huawei claims the banks involved in the U.S. case against his company knew about all of its business activities. In an exclusive...

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Why Aren’t More FIs Using AI To Fight Fraud?
Why Aren’t More FIs Using AI To Fight Fraud?
June 11, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

Payment fraud is an ideal use case for machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), and has been used by financial institutions (FIs) to great effect....

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Why AI Is MIA In Most FI Fraud Departments
Why AI Is MIA In Most FI Fraud Departments
June 04, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

In the old days, forged checks were the biggest problems that bank fraud departments had to manage. Today, financial institutions (FIs) face a barrage of...

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