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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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Multifactor authentication (MFA) has become commonplace for online accounts, with users confirming their identities via text messages sent to their phones. 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.

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Report: 80 Pct. Of NJ Gamblers Place Wagers Online

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Mobile sports betting is quickly growing to a point where New Jersey is close to topping Las Vegas as the country’s biggest market, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Sept. About 80 percent of gamblers are now betting online. According to an analysis released in January, “New Jersey’s online sportsbooks accounted for $241.05

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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. When was the last time you opened an account or bought something online without an email address? CNP fraud is on the rise in the U.S. billion in the U.S.

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Trulioo On Tweaking The Odds In Favor Of Online Sports Betting

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For payments and commerce , there’s another uncertainty that hangs in the air: Will legal online sports betting keep going forward, despite a recent decision by the U.S. First, a review and update about the online sports gambling situation in the U.S. Now, at least eight states have some form of legal online sports betting.

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Will DOJ Ruling Put The Brakes On Legal Online Sports Betting?

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3 Super Bowl approaches — heaven for football fans and gamblers, including bettors who make wagers via online channels — federal authorities have brought a new level of uncertainty into the prospect of those legal bets. That new view of the Wire Act reportedly follows a long lobbying effort by Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson.

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