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Hacker Tracker: The Evolving Threat Of Tax Fraud

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Earlier this year, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported that there was a reduction in the number of fraudulent tax returns identified between 2013 and 2015. What’s Next In Tax Fraud. As of February, the number of mentions in 2017 so far was already over 40 percent of the 2016 total.

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Deep Dive: How Firms Can Avoid Costly Mistakes Come Tax Season

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businesses are likely already feeling tax season’s pressures. Filing is exhausting and complicated for individuals, and businesses experience those tax difficulties to a far greater degree. SMBs And Manual Tax Frustrations. Spring may seem far away, but U.S.

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Radial’s Fraud Combating Solution For eCommerce Growth

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Radial , an omnichannel and fraud solutions provider, is promising to take away merchant woes with a suite of solutions, which it says improves order conversion rates and helps eliminate fraud. 2015, online fraud is forecast to explode from an estimated $3.1 billion in 2015, to $6.4 percent industry average.

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Bitcoin Daily: Gemcoin Founder Pleads Guilty In $147M Fraud Case; Dubliner Forfeits $67.6M In Bitcoin As Part Of Drug Case

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Steve Chen, the mastermind behind a $147 million gemcoin fraud from 2013 to 2015, pleaded guilty of his crimes of tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, reported on Wednesday (Feb. The 62-year-old California resident will face a minimum of a decade in prison, according to the Department of Justice.

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The ‘Nine Deadly Costs Of Fraud’

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Online merchants know very well that fraud costs them in many ways – in chargebacks, in false positives, in the friction that’s introduced at checkout that can cost a sale. But there’s nothing like putting the cost of fraud into the parlance that merchants know really well: units sold. Kount: Calculating The 9 Deadly Costs Of Fraud.

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Taking on Fraud: Part One

ZootBlog

This is the first in a two-part series as we look more deeply at fraud concerns and best practices for managing this ever-changing threat. Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been discussing fraud mitigation strategies on ZootBlog—everything from EMV chip cards to encryption, tokenization, and biometrics.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Below, we take a look at some of these frauds and the lessons they can teach entrepreneurs hoping to launch their own products, companies, and funds. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Virgin Hyperloop One’s utopian vision derailed by fraud. Some companies just push their luck a little too far. Total Funding: $1.1B.

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