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.

Lebedev And Gross Found Guilty In Coin.Mx Trial
Lebedev And Gross Found Guilty In Coin.Mx Trial
March 20, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

After a week of deliberations, the most recent Coin.mx trial has come to a close, said Reuters. New Jersey pastor Trevon Gross and programmer Yuri...

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Collaboration Key To Combat Corporate Financial Reporting Fraud
Collaboration Key To Combat Corporate Financial Reporting Fraud
March 17, 2017  |  B2B Payments

A new report from the Anti-Fraud Collaboration identifies where corporates should begin when looking to safeguard their data and deploy a cybersecurity strategy. Get the...

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Millennials Show Caution With Online Payments Security
Millennials Show Caution With Online Payments Security
March 16, 2017  |  Retail

During the childhood of many millennials, the online world was in its infancy stages. With a decent amount of this age group remembering a time without...

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Identity Fraud In UK Reached All-Time High In 2016
Identity Fraud In UK Reached All-Time High In 2016
March 16, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Cases of identity fraud in the U.K. reached an all-time high last year, with a record 172,919 identity fraud cases recorded in 2016. Get the...

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The Canadian Government Has Been Hacked, And Experts Say Many More Hits Are Coming
The Canadian Government Has Been Hacked, And Experts Say Many More Hits Are Coming
March 14, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The Canadian government was forced to pull the plug on its website for filing federal taxes after it became clear that cybercriminals had broken into the statistics...

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FBI Puts Up $3M Bounty For Wanted Russian Hacker
FBI Puts Up $3M Bounty For Wanted Russian Hacker
March 13, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The FBI announced the most expensive bounty ever for a cybercriminal to help catch Evgeniy M. Bogachev, who was indicted in the U.S. for allegedly...

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Blockchain Tracker: How Blockchain Impacts Instant Cross-Border Payments
Blockchain Tracker: How Blockchain Impacts Instant Cross-Border Payments
March 10, 2017  |  Blockchain

As time progresses and more smart devices get into the hands of consumers, there will inevitably be more purchases made between countries. With eCommerce in...

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New Report Finds IT Cybersecurity Shortage Hurting Companies In Fight Against Ransomware
New Report Finds IT Cybersecurity Shortage Hurting Companies In Fight Against Ransomware
March 09, 2017  |  Fraud Prevention

A new report from CyberEdge Group, a research and marketing firm serving the cybersecurity industry’s top vendors, has found that ransomware incidents are at an...

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Myriad Connect Launches Tool To Combat SIM Swap Fraud
Myriad Connect Launches Tool To Combat SIM Swap Fraud
March 08, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Myriad Connect, the mobile operators’ service provider, announced Tuesday (Mar. 7) the launch of a new service designed to counter SIM swap fraud, which is...

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