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PointPredictive announces new fraud risk tech at Auto Finance Summit

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LAS VEGAS – PointPredictive announced Wednesday during the Auto Finance Summit it has launched a new tool aimed at helping auto lenders minimize fraud risk.

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Payments Company Owner Gets Jail Time For Debit Fraud

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Gareth David Long, a 41-year-old Las Vegas resident, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for fraud for stealing money from victims’ accounts, the Department of Justice said in a press release. Long pled guilty in November of 2019 to a scheme where he committed wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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SaaS Firm CEO Resigns; Layoffs, SEC Investigation Follow

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NS8 , a Las Vegas-based online fraud prevention and detection software maker for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has begun layoffs following the abrupt resignation of its CEO. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Adam Rogas resigned on Sept.

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How US Mobile Leverages Digital Identity To Protect Against SIM Swap Fraud

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Such security methods can be critical to preventing fraud that targets mobile users, of which one of the most prevalent types is SIM swap fraud. Preventing SIM swap fraud requires vigilance and ironclad authentication methods to ensure that users who are asking to transfer their phone numbers are legitimate rather than scammers.

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Prosecutors Charge OneCoin Leaders With Fraud In Pyramid Scheme

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Ignatov is from Bulgaria and was charged with wire fraud conspiracy. His older sister Ignatova, also from Bulgaria, was charged with wire fraud, and also securities fraud and conspiracy. The scheme amounts to fraud, prosecutors say. He was arrested on Wednesday (March 6) at LAX. Much of the money they received (about $1.2

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Tech, Global Network Of Merchants Can Combat Ecommerce Fraud

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Emailage, the email risk assessment company, has found that during 2016 $1 billion in fraud was stopped by using technology and a syndicated network of global merchants. With the rapid changes to the payment space driven by mobile devices, EMV and other solutions, online fraud will only continue to rise, said Emailage.

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Fighting financial crime at IBM Think 2018

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Billed as “mankind + machine”, it will be held in Las Vegas, from March 19 – 22, and is the first of its kind event, combining business and technology event. IBM Think 2018 will be held in Las Vegas, NV from March 19-22. See you there! For more information and to register, please visit here. .

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