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NYC Summit To Tackle Lack Of Influencer Regulation

PYMNTS

17) will discuss the fraud problem stemming from influencer marketing. It’s challenging that the industry that was built on trust is struggling with that trust,” said Erick Schwab, co-founder of Sylo, a third-party service that authenticates online audiences. The first Influencer Fraudnomics Summit in New York City on Tuesday (Sept.

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COVID Vaccine Fraud: Be Wary of the Scammers

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Early on in the pandemic, FICO detected a 3x surge in medical equipment fraud. Three men were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a criminal complaint filed Feb. 9 in federal court in Baltimore. A Comprehensive Fraud Checklist. government agencies have published alerts about COVID vaccine fraud.

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The Challenges Of Securing The Smart Cities Of Tomorrow

PYMNTS

But cybercriminals — as the January 2020 edition of the PYMNTS Digital Fraud Tracker points out — have found municipalities, and have been enthusiastically moving through them as they’ve discovered municipal employees, unused to being targeted, make an excellent target for phishing attacks. Baltimore, like Atlanta, refused.

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Justice Department, SEC Investigating Under Armour

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Baltimore-based Under Armour is being probed over its accounting practices by the U.S. The company had been spending more to bolster its international market online offerings as well as open stores. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Department of Justice, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Sunday (Nov.

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