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NYC Taxi Commission Accused Of $810 Million Fraud

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A taxicab medallion is a numbered plate required to operate a yellow cab. James is alleging that the TLC had a hand in inflating the price of thousands of medallions over a 14-year period, 2004 to 2017, sometimes by more than 200 percent.

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Why Authentication And Real-Time Tracking Are Key To API Security

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The share of B2B transactions conducted via check has fallen 50 percent since 2004 and hit an all-time low of 42 percent last September, for example. Ensuring such payments are secure from bad actors is a priority for the banks that process them. API security. Benefits Of APIs .

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MicroTech Partners With CostPerform For Better IT Spending

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The tool is already used at numerous agencies, including the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Department of Agriculture and Department of Labor. MicroTech was formed in 2004 and has worked to help customers get the best value for financing their assets.

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Prince Charles’ Charity Funded By Company With Russian Ties

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from a Russian-operated network of 70 offshore companies in one of the largest banking leaks. The investigation is centered on Russian investment bank Troika Dialog, with evidence showing that managers funneled money for more than eight years, starting in 2004. According to The Guardian , investigators found 1.3 billion ($4.6

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Spain’s High Court Formally Investigating BBVA

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Earlier this month, the bank’s former chief operating officer, Ángel Cano, along with seven other current and former bank executives, including former security chief Julio Corrochano, were named as a person of interest in the investigation. Cano served from 2009 to 2015 as deputy to González.

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Robocalls Go Unpunished, Exposing Regulatory Gaps

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“Many of the spoofers and robocallers the agency tries to punish are individuals and small operations, he added, which means they are at times unable to pay the full penalties.”. The FCC, according to the newspaper story, has since 2004 collected some $121 million in penalties for robocalls and other prohibited telemarketing behaviors.

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The Flawed Mythology of The EMV CNP Explosion

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A colleague of mine forwarded me an inbound email for an upcoming conference the other day titled “Chip Cards to Result in Massive Online Fraud”, asking where I stand on this, as if he didn’t know that this was effectively lighting the blue touch paper on a Roman Candle and running for cover. Fraudsters are not unitaskers.

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