PYMNTS
AUGUST 4, 2020
Consider the roughly 200 Rhode Islanders who recently received tax refund checks signed by Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney. The majority of the misprinted checks were sent to businesses receiving corporate tax refunds. So, the fraud goes up, not down.”. What do you think happens to people when they get desperate? They steal checks.
PYMNTS
APRIL 12, 2017
Identity company MorphoTrust USA looks to put a dent in tax fraud and theft by adding an additional layer of authentication security into the mix. The shift toward stronger authentication comes as tax season increasingly becomes the biggest holiday of the year for fraudsters. Magee, commissioner of the ADR.
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PYMNTS
JUNE 21, 2019
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.,
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
As we noted in the recent Digital Banking Tracker, the CNP fraud has taken a leg down in favor of fraud that looks to snag credit card numbers. Check Fraud, Too. In another example of decidedly low-tech fraud, in Oklahoma, a woman recently sentenced to prison stole $400,000 from her employer through signed paper checks.
Abrigo
MARCH 22, 2023
Misrepresentation is used to justify the movement of funds and, in some cases, reduce the tax obligation reflected on customs documents. Over- or under-shipment or phantom shipments: Over- or under-shipment involves misrepresenting the number of goods in a shipment.
PYMNTS
MARCH 2, 2016
Identity theft, at the second spot in top complaints, jumped more than 47 percent year over year in 2015, with a chief impetus being tax identity theft. In total, through the past year, the network gathered more than 3 million complaints, with Florida, Georgia and Michigan at the top of the state list for fraud complaints.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Smith used drugs for the past decade before starting her recovery journey at Gateway Community Services in Jacksonville, Florida. “As Booth has been arrested twice for retail return fraud related to gift cards and is now in recovery from heroin and oxycodone addiction at Gateway with Smith. Kristin Booth, 23, agreed with her.
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