PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2020

According to the FTC, there have been 18,235 reports of fraudulent activity or fraud attempts related to the coronavirus since Jan. million to fraud. The FTC says the top categories of these scams entail travel and vacation-related items, online shopping and bogus text messaging, along with “all kinds of imposters.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2016

Credit card fraud complaints in the U.S. ValuePenguin analyzed data collected by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and found that there were approximately 70,000 credit card fraud complaints submitted in 2015. At the state level, the number of credit card fraud complaints were much more pronounced.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

District Court Judge James Mahan in the District of Nevada charged with violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The federal law provides extended criminal penalties for theft performed as part of a criminal organization.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

The United States Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by online shoe company Zappos over a data breach in 2012 that compromised the information of 24 million customers, according to a report from Reuters. Originally, a Nevada judge claimed only people who had suffered financial loss were eligible for damages. The 9th U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2016

Complainants in a Nevada lawsuit are accusing the owners of what’s believed to be a fake payments processing company of stealing millions of dollars from an online seller. That seller is beauty product retailer DermaKtive, which claims that a man committed fraud with the assistance of his mother and girlfriend.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 12, 2019

The report summarizes consumer complaints stored in the Consumer Sentinel Network, a secure online database. Credit card fraud was the most common type of identity theft report. Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Delaware, and Tennessee had the highest fraud reports per capita. declined by 24% from 2017.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2018

MGM officials will also reportedly help the league detect fraud and game-fixing. which owns and operates two dozen gambling properties in seven states, including Nevada and Louisiana. Under this market access agreement, each company will have a path to expand [its] online and mobile gaming presence across 15 states.”.

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