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.

FTC: Active Duty Troops 76 Pct More Likely To Report Identity Theft
FTC: Active Duty Troops 76 Pct More Likely To Report Identity Theft
May 21, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Active-duty service members are 76 percent more likely to report identity theft than most people, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Get...

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How PNC Is Fighting Pandemic-Fueled Financial Crime
How PNC Is Fighting Pandemic-Fueled Financial Crime
May 21, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

Financial crime is a never-ending concern for banks, credit unions (CUs) and other financial institutions (FIs), with trillions of dollars and untold terabytes of personal...

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Bitcoin Usage On The Dark Web Up 65 Pct YoY
Bitcoin Usage On The Dark Web Up 65 Pct YoY
May 20, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The digital age, of course, has given rise to digital scams. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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First Data And Exec To Pay $40M To Settle FTC Fraud Case
First Data And Exec To Pay $40M To Settle FTC Fraud Case
May 19, 2020  |  Legal

Payments processing giant First Data Merchant Services and one of its executives will pay $40.3 million to settle allegations that they laundered credit card transactions...

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DOJ: Texas Man Allegedly Claimed Employees To Net $5M In PPP Funds
DOJ: Texas Man Allegedly Claimed Employees To Net $5M In PPP Funds
May 19, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

A Texas man is facing charges of filing fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $5 million in forgivable loans from the Small Business Administration’s (SBA)...

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Warren Calls For Prosecution Of Bailout Program Fraudsters
Warren Calls For Prosecution Of Bailout Program Fraudsters
May 19, 2020  |  Regulation

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants the Federal Reserve Bank to draw up stringent regulations for corporate recipients of U.S. bailout funds – and to...

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Deep Dive: How AI, ML Can Harness Dynamic Rules To Improve QSR Fraud Detection And Reduce False Positives
Deep Dive: How AI, ML Can Harness Dynamic Rules To Improve QSR Fraud Detection And...
May 19, 2020  |  Mobile Order Ahead

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Why Fraudsters Like ‘Delivery Attacks,’ And Why AI and ML Alone Won’t Stop Them
Why Fraudsters Like ‘Delivery Attacks,’ And Why AI and ML Alone Won’t Stop Them
May 19, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The pandemic — and specifically, the lockdowns resulting from it — has spurred criminals to shift their cyber fraud schemes to exploit new avenues of...

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FTC Refunds $12M To Consumer Victims Of Bogus Online Trial Memberships
FTC Refunds $12M To Consumer Victims Of Bogus Online Trial Memberships
May 18, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

More than 147,000 consumers who were scammed by I Works are getting full refunds totaling $12 million, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Monday (May...

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