fraud

Fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law, a criminal law, or it may cause no loss of money, property or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong.

Speed Becomes the Product as OpenAI and Google Sell Faster AI

Speed Becomes the Product as OpenAI and Google Sell Faster AI
Speed Becomes the Product as OpenAI and Google Sell Faster AI
August 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI and Google both released faster artificial intelligence models this week. Both put speed at the center of the pitch, and both are starting to...

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Banks Turn Fewer AML Alerts Into Bigger Financial Crime Leads
Banks Turn Fewer AML Alerts Into Bigger Financial Crime Leads
August 14, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Financial institutions have spent years trying to see more suspicious activity. New data from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) suggests the more valuable question...

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Frontier AI Threats Drive Companies to Boost Security Budgets
Frontier AI Threats Drive Companies to Boost Security Budgets
August 14, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

After learning about the cyber capabilities of frontier artificial intelligence models, a higher percentage of organizations plan to increase their security spending, IBM said in...

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Merchants Find Revenue Hiding Behind the Decline Button
Merchants Find Revenue Hiding Behind the Decline Button
August 14, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

In a fragmented payments environment, how intelligently infrastructure decides what should happen to every transaction is becoming a key definition of payments performance and success....

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Younger Members Push Credit Unions Toward Crypto Services
Younger Members Push Credit Unions Toward Crypto Services
August 14, 2026  |  Credit Unions

Crypto has a funny way of arriving before the meeting agenda catches up. Many credit union members have already made room for it, even as...

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DOJ Deploys 500 Prosecutors to Stop Fraud Against Government Programs
DOJ Deploys 500 Prosecutors to Stop Fraud Against Government Programs
August 13, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, which was created earlier this year, will have about 500 attorneys by Aug. 24 and will continue...

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DOJ Healthcare Fraud Crackdown Raises the Bar for Compliance Analytics
DOJ Healthcare Fraud Crackdown Raises the Bar for Compliance Analytics
August 10, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The government is now looking at the numbers behind healthcare growth. The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has made advanced data analytics central to its healthcare...

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57% of Firms in Payment-Heavy Industries Face More Fraud
57% of Firms in Payment-Heavy Industries Face More Fraud
August 10, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Faster payments can feel like a victory lap until fraud reaches the finish line first. Businesses want money to move in seconds, but their defenses...

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