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.

Jury Duty Scams Mark Latest Evolution of Impersonation Fraud

Jury Duty Scams Mark Latest Evolution of Impersonation Fraud
Jury Duty Scams Mark Latest Evolution of Impersonation Fraud
August 09, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Impersonation scammers reportedly have a new target: people afraid of being punished for missing jury duty. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (Aug....

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Brazil Tells Crypto Exchanges to Delay Overseas Transfers
Brazil Tells Crypto Exchanges to Delay Overseas Transfers
August 09, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Brazil’s new fraud-prevention rules require cryptocurrency exchanges to delay some overseas transfers by 24 hours. The requirement by Brazil’s central bank goes into effect Jan....

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Social Engineering Scam Breaches Levi Strauss Company Files
Social Engineering Scam Breaches Levi Strauss Company Files
August 07, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Levi Strauss & Co. has disclosed that an unauthorized third party accessed company files through a social engineering scam, according to the company’s Friday (Aug. 7) filing with the Securities and...

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White House Launches Fraud Ledger to Track Government Crackdown
White House Launches Fraud Ledger to Track Government Crackdown
August 06, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The White House has launched a website (fraud.gov) that tracks the actions taken by its fraud task force and the dollar amounts recovered through those...

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Hackers Spoof IT Helpdesk Numbers to Steal Enterprise Cloud Data
Hackers Spoof IT Helpdesk Numbers to Steal Enterprise Cloud Data
August 06, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

A voice phishing (vishing) campaign targeting financial services, private equity and professional services firms has adopted some new techniques since May, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said in a Thursday (Aug. 6) blog...

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Crypto Scammers Take Advantage of New EU Regulations
Crypto Scammers Take Advantage of New EU Regulations
August 06, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Europe’s new cryptocurrency regulations have reportedly given fraudsters a new pathway to scamming consumers. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday (Aug. 6), officials are warning that...

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Quantifind Raises $200 Million to Find the Fraudster in the Financial Chain
Quantifind Raises $200 Million to Find the Fraudster in the Financial Chain
August 05, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Watch more: Need to Know With Quantifind’s Ari Tuchman An atomic physicist goes looking for the molecule that can reveal a buried land mine before...

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Payment Fraud Is Moving Upstream, and Visa Just Bought the Data to Follow It
Payment Fraud Is Moving Upstream, and Visa Just Bought the Data to Follow It
August 04, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The payments industry’s brightest minds have built some of cybersecurity’s most sophisticated defenses around the moment money moves. But artificial intelligence is now forcing it...

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