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US DOJ Charges 14 With $28M In PPP Fraud

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In Florida, nine defendants have been charged in the U.S District Court for the Southern District of Florida with wire and bank fraud and conspiracy for seeking $24 million in forgivable PPP loans. Mckenzie, 38, of Miami Gardens, Florida; Andre M. The defendants include Damion O.

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‘Organized Retail Crime’ Is Growing (And Not Just Because Of The Pandemic)

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Organized crime rings are taking advantage of the pandemic, looser police enforcement and a softening in anti-shoplifting laws to swipe tons of merchandise from retail stores and warehouses across the United States. KPIX-TV reported that the shop proudly advertised on Facebook Marketplace that customers “never pay retail.”.

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How FIs Adapt Fraud Detection During Times Of Behavioral Upheaval

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Banks’ security efforts depend on analyzing consumers’ transaction histories to gain firm understandings of their normal behaviors, enabling financial institutions (FIs) to spot unusual activities that could suggest fraudsters are involved. Defending Agains Fraud During Periods Of Reopening .

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Bitcoin Daily: SEC Charges Florida Crypto Trader In $6.8M Fraud Case; Salt Lending To Pay $250,000 Fine, Refund ICO Investors; SEC Alleges Swedish National Bilked Crypto Investors Of $1.5M

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claims that a Florida digital currency trader purportedly bilked customers out of $6.8 The individual was charged with different contraventions of securities laws in a U.S. The SEC claims that the ICO served as an illicit unregistered offering of securities, the report stated.

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NRF: Inventory Shrink Has $46.8M Impact On Retailers

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In the modern age of retail, a National Retail Federation (NRF) study has found that inventory loss, due to crime or error, is having a $46.8 percent of sales to retailers, Forbes reported. According to the survey from the NRF and the University of Florida, 41 percent of polled retailers noted a rise in their inventory shrink.

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How The Pandemic Makes 90-Day Customer Histories A Fraud-Fighting Weakness

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How FIs Adapt Fraud Detection During Times of Behavioral Upheaval. That massive shift in spending activity is rendering 90-day profiles obsolete, and FIs have had to respond, said Carlos Mejia, chief digital executive at Florida-based Pacific National Bank. Find more about these and the rest of the latest headlines in the Tracker.

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Walmart Busts Florida’s Dumbest Retail Scam (So Far This Week)

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While we at PYMNTS.com would never applaud crime, we do have to credit Cheyenne Amber West of Fort Pierce, Florida, with boldness for her recent attempts to scam Walmart of more than $1,800 in consumer electronics. Since he just got me a Coach purse, I figured he deserved something nice as well,” West reportedly told a Florida deputy.

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