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Invoice Fraud Hits Microsoft?

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Even the mightiest of tech firms are not immune to invoice fraud. Engadget reported that Jeff Tran, Microsoft ’s former director of sports marketing and alliances, was charged with five counts of wire fraud. Wire fraud has a sentence of up to 20 years’ imprisonment. Fraud On The Rise. 36 in 2012.

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‘Death-Spiral Financing’ Leads to SEC Fraud Charges Against Penny-Stock Operator

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So much of the focus on fraud these days involves exploiting holes in software, hacking into systems to steal personal information and payment data, or otherwise using digital methods in heists. But recent news involving “death-spiral financing” reminds us that fraud is still conducted in other, relatively old-fashioned ways.

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Bank Of England Tells HSBC To Tighten Fraud, Staff Compliance

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The Bank of England has told HSBC to improve compliance controls for non-fiscal factors like fraud and staff conduct, according to a report by Reuters. Samir Assaf, HSBC head of global banking and markets, shared the news with other seniors bankers on Tuesday (Nov.

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Western Union Under Watch As EU Eyes Money Transfer Market

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Western Union is being questioned by the European Union’s antitrust regulators in relation to allegations that it conspired with banks to push its rivals out of the money-transfer market. World Bank research indicates that the global remittances market is expected to be a $441 billion market.

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MoneyGram Teams With Visa Direct, Checkout.com To Advance P2P Payments

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He added that teaming up with Checkout.com and growing its collaboration with Visa Direct is already resulting in “significant customer adoption,” which MoneyGram expects will help facilitate “strong digital growth in the European market this year.". using Visa Direct. MoneyGram is in favor of a proposal by U.S.

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HSBC To Staff: Stay Off Bank’s Social Media Accounts

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Bloomberg News reported that Tricia Weener , HSBC ’s global head of marketing, sent a memo to the workforce of the London-based company stating that they must not post to social media until at least 11 a.m. HSBC is a much safer institution than it was in 2012.”. United Kingdom time on Tuesday (Sept 22). On Monday (Sept.

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SaaS Firm CEO Resigns; Layoffs, SEC Investigation Follow

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NS8 , a Las Vegas-based online fraud prevention and detection software maker for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has begun layoffs following the abrupt resignation of its CEO. 8) that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was investigating the company for alleged fraud. “We.

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