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2023 Fraud trends: What banks and credit unions can expect

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Fraud trends for financial institutions to watch for in 2023 Financial institutions should not expect a slowdown of any of 2022’s fraud trends. Takeaway 2 A worsening economy increases pressure to commit fraud, provides opportunities to commit fraud, and can be used as an excuse by criminals to rationalize their actions.

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Bitcoin Daily: Venezuela May Collect Taxes In Crypto; Russian Agency Proposes AI To Track Crypto Transactions

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Venezuela may be going forward with a plan to allow the use of the Petro (PTR) cryptocurrency to pay taxes, according to Cointelegraph. His charges involve Q3 telling investors the company used a proprietary algorithm that guaranteed returns trading on cryptocurrency.

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Libra Forces Cryptocurrency Regulators To Reexamine Procedures

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Facebook’s Libra project has renewed focus on how cryptocurrencies are regulated, with current rules on the sector patchy and varying from country to country. The latest AMC/KYC Tracker examines current efforts to stop money laundering, fight fraud and improve customer identity authentication in the financial services space.

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Deep Dive: How FinTechs, FIs Can Arm Up Against Fraud

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The People’s Bank of China announced in March that it plans to create rules for regulating and securing the FinTech sector, for example. . This month’s Deep Dive examines the struggles and strategies involved in securing the FinTech and digital banking space and how AI may be able to help. . resources.

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Bitcoin Daily: UK Tax Agency Defines Crypto As Commodities; Crypto Exchange Bittrex Sued For SIM Card Bitcoin Theft

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s tax authority has released cryptocurrency tax guidance for businesses, revealing that crypto assets will still be defined as commodities. That means that companies that participate in trading exchange tokens must make tax payments.

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The Predicament Of C-Suite Fraud And Government Cyberattacks

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Fraud knows no boundaries. Aside from the political implications of such claims, The New Yorker ‘s report pointed to the fraud risks that organizations face, even from the C-Suite. It also highlighted the predicament that organizations face if a C-Suite executive is found committing fraud. In the U.S.,

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Ex-Microsoft Engineer Guilty Of 18 Felonies After Pilfering $10M In eCurrency

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Following a five-day trial in the Western District of Washington, Kvashuk was convicted of five counts of wire fraud, six counts of money laundering, two counts of aggravated identity theft, two counts of filing false tax returns, and one count each of mail fraud, access device fraud, and access to a protected computer in furtherance of fraud.

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