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.

TRM Labs Reaches $1 Billion Valuation in $70 Million Funding Round
TRM Labs Reaches $1 Billion Valuation in $70 Million Funding Round
February 04, 2026  |  Fintech Investments

Blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs secured $70 million in a Series C funding round, propelling the company to a $1 billion valuation, according to a...

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Senate Bill Would Require Online Platforms to Prevent Fraudulent Ads
Senate Bill Would Require Online Platforms to Prevent Fraudulent Ads
February 04, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

A bill introduced Wednesday (Feb. 4) in the U.S. Senate would require online platforms to take “reasonable steps” to prevent fraudulent and deceptive ads. The...

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OpenAI Warns Malicious Links Could Undermine Agentic AI
OpenAI Warns Malicious Links Could Undermine Agentic AI
January 30, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI is elevating a risk that has quietly grown alongside autonomous AI systems: links. In new guidance on artificial intelligence (AI) agent link safety, the...

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Equifax Launches Machine-Learning Product That Detects First-Party Fraud
Equifax Launches Machine-Learning Product That Detects First-Party Fraud
January 30, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Equifax has launched a new machine-learning product designed to combat two forms of first-party fraud: loan stacking and credit washing. The new Credit Abuse Risk...

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Why Fraud Doesn’t Look Like Fraud to a Data Scientist
Why Fraud Doesn’t Look Like Fraud to a Data Scientist
January 30, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Watch more: Visa Protect Fraud rarely announces itself. For most organizations, it shows up after the fact as a loss, a chargeback or a rule...

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Sumsub Adds AI Agent Verification to Know Your Agent Framework
Sumsub Adds AI Agent Verification to Know Your Agent Framework
January 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Verification and fraud prevention firm Sumsub debuted its AI Agent Verification tool. The new offering is a way to control artificial intelligence-driven automation by connecting...

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Chainalysis Says Crypto Crime Wave Fueled by Chinese Money Laundering
Chainalysis Says Crypto Crime Wave Fueled by Chinese Money Laundering
January 27, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency laundering was an $82 billion problem last year, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Jan. 27), citing data from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. Chinese-language money laundering...

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Congress Warns of Event-Driven AI Cyber Threats
Congress Warns of Event-Driven AI Cyber Threats
January 23, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Hackers only need to get it right once to wreak havoc. This week, a congressional committee hearing, “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: CISA,...

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Supply Chain Cyberattack Puts Enterprise Trade Secrets at Risk
Supply Chain Cyberattack Puts Enterprise Trade Secrets at Risk
January 22, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

If enterprise cybersecurity has a primary fault line, it is the supply chain. That hard truth was underscored by news this month of an alleged...

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