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French Prosecutors Call For UBS To Pay 3.7B Euros For Tax Evasion

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billion euros for what it contends is helping wealthy people in the country evade taxes. According to a report in Reuters , UBS is facing accusations of laundering the proceeds of tax fraud and illegally going after clients in France. UBS, the Swiss bank, is facing calls from French prosecutors to pay a fine of 3.7

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NYC Taxi Commission Accused Of $810 Million Fraud

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New York Attorney General Letitia James announced plans to sue New York City for allegedly fraudulent practices by its Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), according to reports on Thursday (Feb. She’s alleging the city profited by that same amount selling medallions and by collecting a 5% tax on third-party transfers.

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COVID-19 Scams Target The Business Community

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But new concerns are mounting over the U.S. government's inability to curb the risk of fraud that emerged during the first round of PPP funding. While it may be the most high-profile business fraud story today, it's certainly not the only pandemic-related business fraud threat. Homeland Security investigators.

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The Many Faces Of Employee Fraud

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Corporate fraud comes in many colors, but for many businesses, the most unexpected threat is the one looming from within company walls. This week, IBM announced a collaboration with Raw Seafoods to develop a blockchain solution to address supply chain fraud in the seafood industry, including cases of incomplete documentation and mislabeling.

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The Predicament Of C-Suite Fraud And Government Cyberattacks

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Fraud knows no boundaries. new reports from The New Yorker this week dove into how the current CFO of the National Rival Association (NRA) allegedly embezzled funds from his last company, employee benefits consulting firm the Wyatt Company. For payments fraud, the land Down Under seems fertile ground, too. In the U.S.,

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BEC Attacks Surge As Fraudsters Eye Pandemic Opportunity

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Wirecard continues to dominate the headlines in the realm of corporate fraud thanks to $2 billion missing from the company’s books, but it’s not the only company at the center of questionable activity. 34 percent of furloughed employees were asked to commit furlough fraud , according to a survey from U.K.-based

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Fizzle Of The Week: The NYC Amazon HQ That Will Never Be

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Amazon and the city of New York managed to pull off one of history’s more spectacular break-ups this week, with the Valentine’s Day announcement that the city and the nation’s largest eCommerce firm would not be joining forces to build half of Amazon’s HQ2 in Long Island City. As noted by Kathryn S.

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