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.

Audit Standards On Hot Seat In Wake Of Wirecard Scandal
Audit Standards On Hot Seat In Wake Of Wirecard Scandal
July 02, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The former chair of the London Stock Exchange is calling for a thorough overhaul of audit standards in the wake of the $2.1 billion Wirecard...

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Wirecard Saga Reignites Debate Over Auditors’ Role In Combatting Fraud
Wirecard Saga Reignites Debate Over Auditors’ Role In Combatting Fraud
July 02, 2020  |  B2B Payments

As the fallout from Wirecard‘s $2 billion accounting scandal continues, some attention has turned to the Germany-based payment company’s auditor, Ernst & Young (EY). Get...

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How The Pandemic Makes 90-Day Customer Histories A Fraud-Fighting Weakness
How The Pandemic Makes 90-Day Customer Histories A Fraud-Fighting Weakness
July 02, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

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Why Fighting Fraud Means Looking Beyond The Transaction
Why Fighting Fraud Means Looking Beyond The Transaction
July 02, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

Consumers’ commerce patterns have been very much upended in the past few months and shifted heavily to digital. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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New Fed Report Recommends ‘Comprehensive Approach’ To Fighting Synthetic Identity Fraud
New Fed Report Recommends ‘Comprehensive Approach’ To Fighting Synthetic Identity Fraud
July 02, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

As a one-size-fits-all solution does not exist for the increasing problem of synthetic identity fraud, The Federal Reserve reports that experts suggest a “comprehensive approach”...

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SoftBank Wants Out Of Wirecard Partnership After Last Year’s $1B Investment
SoftBank Wants Out Of Wirecard Partnership After Last Year’s $1B Investment
July 01, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

SoftBank is looking to put distance between itself and Wirecard due to the German payments company’s ongoing scandal involving missing money and cooked books, The...

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Luckin Wraps Probe Into $300M In Fake Coffee Sales
Luckin Wraps Probe Into $300M In Fake Coffee Sales
July 01, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Luckin Coffee announced on Wednesday (July 1) the completion of an internal probe that blames the company’s former CEO and COO for inflating the embattled...

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Police Raid Wirecard’s Offices In Two Countries
Police Raid Wirecard’s Offices In Two Countries
July 01, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

A team of investigators raided Wirecard AG’s offices in two countries as part of the probe into the 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) that went...

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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Mining Encounters Are Down 40 Pct; Spanish Authorities Crack Down On Crypto Laundering Of $3.3M In Drug Money
Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Mining Encounters Are Down 40 Pct; Spanish Authorities Crack Down On Crypto...
June 30, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Microsoft reported that digital currency mining encounters dropped 40 percent from 2018 to 2019, according to a report. The tech company noted in the report...

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