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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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Operation Choke Point 2.0

Jeff For Banks

In 2012 the Obama administration launched "Operation Choke Point" ("OCP") which was designed to ensure banks considered the risk of banking payday lenders that were engaged in abusive practices. But in January 2021, the new OCC announced it would pause the "Fair Access" rule that was intended to prevent another Operation Choke Point.

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First Data And Exec To Pay $40M To Settle FTC Fraud Case

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“First Data is paying $40 million because it repeatedly looked the other way while its payment processing services were being used to commit fraud,” Daniel Kaufman, deputy director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection said in a statement. First Data, which was acquired by Fiserv Inc.

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 Ransomware Gains Traction, UK BEC Fraud Spikes

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We are seeing gangs involved in drug trafficking and firearms offenses turning to fraud, targeting victims across the U.K. These criminals are exploiting new technologies to commit fraud, posting adverts on social media to try and recruit money mules,” he said. Fraud that was in turn prevented by the unit amounted to as much as $8.2

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Huawei CFO Charged With Bank Fraud

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prosecutors have filed criminal charges against China’s largest technology company, accusing it of stealing trade secrets and committing bank fraud. government charged Huawei Technologies , two affiliated companies and chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou with bank and wire fraud, as well as conspiracy in connection with business in Iran.

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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. The shortcomings were pointed out by Prudential Regulation Authority regulators. HSBC said it is planning to get executives together to work on the problem. Shares dropped by as much as 2.8

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Today In Data: Digital Ordering For QSRs, Retail Closures And High Cyber Fraud

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Today in PYMNTS’ data, fast food chains are reporting consumer satisfaction following implementation of mobile order-ahead offerings, retail stores are closing at a near-record pace, “unthinkable” numbers of executives share their companies have experienced cyber fraud, real-time faster payments finally make their way to the U.S.

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