Financial Crime

Financial crime is defined as crime that is specifically committed against property. These crimes are almost always committed for the personal benefit of the criminal, and they involve an illegal conversion of ownership of the property that is involved.

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Yellen Sounds Alarm On Crypto Fraud; Puts ID Verification In Spotlight
Yellen Sounds Alarm On Crypto Fraud; Puts ID Verification In Spotlight
February 11, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Rampant cyberattacks. Crypto in the service of dark money. The risks of bad actors using digital means to steal and to sow carnage across the...

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Hide And Seek: Geolocation Helps Uncover Fraudsters’ Identities
Hide And Seek: Geolocation Helps Uncover Fraudsters’ Identities
February 11, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Fraudsters follow the money. Take, for example, the Super Bowl. About half of all Americans were expected to place some kind of wager on the...

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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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Calif. Seeks Federal Help With Massive ID Fraud Within Unemployment Claims
Calif. Seeks Federal Help With Massive ID Fraud Within Unemployment Claims
January 26, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Sophisticated identity thieves from Russia and Nigeria are being blamed for a spate of fraudulent unemployment claims that may have caused as much as $30...

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Today In Payments: LendingClub Gets OK To Acquire Radius Bancorp; GDPR Penalties Escalate As EU Officials Crack Down
Today In Payments: LendingClub Gets OK To Acquire Radius Bancorp; GDPR Penalties Escalate As EU...
January 19, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, LendingClub gets approval to acquire Radius Bancorp, and GDPR fines have escalated as European regulators step up enforcement. And Plaid plans...

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Rakuten Mobile Employee Arrested, Accused Of Stealing SoftBank Secrets
Rakuten Mobile Employee Arrested, Accused Of Stealing SoftBank Secrets
January 12, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

An ex-employee of SoftBank, a major Japanese wireless carrier, was reportedly arrested on Tuesday (Jan. 12) on suspicion of stealing trade secrets before taking a...

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CSI, Featurespace Team Up To Fight Money Laundering
CSI, Featurespace Team Up To Fight Money Laundering
November 30, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Computer Services, Inc. (CSI) is partnering with Featurespace to advance a new cybercrime solution to fight money laundering. WatchDOG AML is a “holistic” anti-money laundering...

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Detecting And Preventing Cyberfraud Amid Large Transaction Volumes
Detecting And Preventing Cyberfraud Amid Large Transaction Volumes
November 17, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Over 60 percent of banks say fraud volumes are rising, with over 40 percent reporting that average fraud hit value is going up. Under COVID,...

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Deep Dive: How FIs And Merchants Are Pushing Back Against Push Payment Fraud
Deep Dive: How FIs And Merchants Are Pushing Back Against Push Payment Fraud
November 17, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

The number of real-time payments has risen dramatically in recent years, and APP fraud has grown alongside it. Fraudsters utilizing these schemes rely on tactics...

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