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US DOJ Charges 14 With $28M In PPP Fraud

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District Court for the Southern District of Florida with wire and bank fraud and conspiracy for seeking $24 million in forgivable PPP loans. Levy, 50, of Bedford, Ohio; and Abdul-Azeem Levy, 22, of Cleveland, Ohio. 46, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Bern Benoit, 44, of Burbank, California. The defendants include Damion O.

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Retail Enabler: CardinalCommerce Protects SMBs From Holiday Fraud

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‘Tis the season … to be very, very wary of phishing and other types of fraud. Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales continue to increase year over year — while some project online holiday sales at $98 billion, new estimates from the National Retail Foundation project that this year’s online holiday sales could reach $117 billion.

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Rocket Mortgage Parent Plans $3.3B IPO

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Gilbert, who also owns the National Basketball Association (NBA) team the Cleveland Cavaliers , controls 79 percent of the voting power for the company’s common stock. According to Rocket Companies, which describes itself as the biggest retail mortgage lender in the U.S., His net worth is sitting at $7.8 the company earned $97.7

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eCommerce Numbers Spike Across Categories

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As March sales and earnings reports start to show up this week, new data indicate that eCommerce sales for essential and nonessential retail will show a dramatic spike. New data released this morning by ACI Worldwide show that most retail categories have seen a 74 percent rise in March compared to 2019 for eCommerce. “The

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Visa’s PayWorks Acquisition, Amazon’s Prime Day Top This Week’s News

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Payroll Fraud Could Cost KeyCorp $90M. Cleveland-based regional banking firm KeyCorp disclosed a massive instance of fraud that could potentially come at a cost of $90 million. The company said in a K-8 filing that the fraud involved a “business customer” and that it was discovered “on or about” July 9.

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