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US DOJ Charges 14 With $28M In PPP Fraud

PYMNTS

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. losses from COVID-19 fraud and ID theft have reached nearly $100 million since the pandemic emerged in March.

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Avoiding AML compliance penalties – Tips from a former regulator

Abrigo

A few years ago, a small credit union in Miami Gardens, FL, shut its doors due to a $300,000 civil money penalty assessed for their anti-money laundering (AML) failures. These MSBs were located in high-risk jurisdictions outside the Miami credit union’s field of membership and outside the United States.

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Fraud Watch: Top Things to Binge Safe at Home

FICO

Well, for those of you as obsessed with fraud and financial crime as me, here are a few more to add to your queue: Sour Grapes. This show profiles one of the most significant acts of fraud that you never knew about until now. As a Miami local, FYRE really hit home. But now what should you watch? McMillions.

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New Ways to Fight Fraud and Financial Crime

FICO

FICO today unveiled several solution upgrades that will help banks, lenders, fintechs and other institutions fight fraud and financial crime. These solutions bring unparalleled efficiency and machine learning capabilities to fraud, risk and compliance professionals. FICO ® Card Compromise Manager 2.0

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Unbundling The Travel Bundle

PYMNTS

The company recently opened a gig marketplace in Miami called Uber Works to connect employers and employees using the same star-based rating system for its ridesharing app. The marketplace originally launched in Chicago two months before its Miami expansion. About the Playbook. About the Playbook.

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Preventing Application Fraud with Machine Learning and AI

FICO

But how can it best be used to fight application fraud? It was not much before Deep Blue, in 1992, that FICO pioneered the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to fight credit card fraud. Fraud losses on US credit cards were reduced by over 70% since the introduction of FICO’s real-time anti-fraud analytics.

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AI: Meet the Man Who Beat Big Blue at FICO World

FICO

FICO is proud to have Garry Kasparov as our closing keynote speaker at FICO World 2018 , April 16-19 in Miami Beach. He caps a program with more than 70 sessions on AI, analytics, machine learning, cybersecurity, fraud detection and risk management.

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