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.

Bitcoin Daily: Ontario Man Pleads Guilty For Operating Unlicensed Crypto Exchange; Hashmasks Sells About $10 Million In Digital Collectible Art

Bitcoin Daily: Ontario Man Pleads Guilty For Operating Unlicensed Crypto Exchange; Hashmasks Sells About $10 Million In Digital Collectible Art
Bitcoin Daily: Ontario Man Pleads Guilty For Operating Unlicensed Crypto Exchange; Hashmasks Sells About $10...
February 01, 2021  |  Bitcoin

A man has agreed to plead guilty to running an unlicensed company exchanging tens of millions of dollars in bitcoin or cash, a press release...

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Why The Data Breach Decline Is Bad News For Businesses
Why The Data Breach Decline Is Bad News For Businesses
February 01, 2021  |  B2B Payments

The Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) released new data on the state of cyberattacks and data breaches with some surprising news: data breaches were...

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Virginia Man Pleads Guilty To $2.5 Million PPP Swindle
Virginia Man Pleads Guilty To $2.5 Million PPP Swindle
January 31, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

A Leesburg, Virginia, man pleaded guilty to a federal bank fraud charge that he stole $2.5 million by obtaining Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans by...

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Synthetic ID Fraud Becomes An Authentic Problem; Hits 60 Percent Of All Businesses
Synthetic ID Fraud Becomes An Authentic Problem; Hits 60 Percent Of All Businesses
January 29, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Synthetic identity fraud has been called one of the fastest-growing financial crimes in the U.S., costing financial institutions (FIs) north of $6 billion a year....

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Bitcoin Daily: CoreLedger To Tokenize Argentinian Agriculture On Blockchain; Europol Arrests Crime Ring For Crypto Investor Scam
Bitcoin Daily: CoreLedger To Tokenize Argentinian Agriculture On Blockchain; Europol Arrests Crime Ring For Crypto...
January 28, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Argentinian farmers, struggling amid a spate of hyperinflation and the economic effects of the pandemic, could end up finding relief through tokenization of agricultural assets...

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Keeping Cybercrooks Out Of Digital-First Banking
Keeping Cybercrooks Out Of Digital-First Banking
January 28, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

PYMNTS recently reported Federal Trade Commission (FTC) figures finding, “More than 200,000 Americans were scammed out of $145 million relating to the pandemic since the...

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New Data: Twice As Many Online Shoppers Believe Credit Cards Are More Secure Than Debit Cards
New Data: Twice As Many Online Shoppers Believe Credit Cards Are More Secure Than Debit...
January 28, 2021  |  Credit Cards

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Bitcoin Daily: California Man Jailed For Defrauding Crypto Investors Of Over $20 Million; Bitcoin Falls Below $30,000
Bitcoin Daily: California Man Jailed For Defrauding Crypto Investors Of Over $20 Million; Bitcoin Falls...
January 27, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Jerry Ji Guo was sentenced to six months in jail for defrauding investors of over $20 million in a fraudulent initial coin offering scheme, according...

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Affinity Federal Credit Union On The Importance Of Accelerating Digital Transformations
Affinity Federal Credit Union On The Importance Of Accelerating Digital Transformations
January 27, 2021  |  Credit Unions

Credit unions (CUs) have lots of data on their members but not always the access to the right digital tools to glean the insights needed...

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