The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has a warning for the public: When an offer appears too good to be true, that is...
Facebook said it is going to enhance encryption capabilities on its Messenger communication platform, despite requests from lawmakers and regulators not to...
While there is little good to be said about criminal fraudsters who plague merchants by stealing credentials to snag goods with absolutely...
The head of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has warned FinTech firms that they must abide by anti-money laundering (AML) laws....
Attorney Michael Avenatti has been charged in two federal cases with wire and bank fraud, as well as allegedly attempting to extort...
It’s no secret that digital criminals are becoming more sophisticated. So are the fraud defenses deployed by merchants, payment service providers and...
Governments around the world have a new front in their fight against money laundering: real estate. According to a report in Mansion...
Here’s a test: What’s fraud? Also, what’s a simple and legitimate matter of credit risk? Those aren’t trick questions, but rather a...
New year, and perhaps new fears for executives as fraudsters look to siphon off payrolls of unsuspecting firms via email scams, according...
At times, it seemed it would not get this far: the Real ID Act. States resisted the post-9/11 authentication law, and sought...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning about a new form of fraud that targets companies, schools and nonprofits around the United...
Everything can seem right. But that’s only because the criminals are good. A person calls to inform a consumer that his or...
Fraudsters are nothing if not actors. Some of them are quite good, perhaps even worthy of an Oscar (or at least a...
The criminals have already started. They are buying fraud tutorials and data from other criminals online. They are eyeing juicy targets such...