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Using Gift Cards To Buy Drugs: How Return Fraud Is Funding The Opioid Crisis

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It’s called return fraud, and unlike the cyber fraud that has become so rampant in the changing retail environment, it requires no technical savvy, other than the knowledge of how the system works and what a person can get away with at major retailers.

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Securing The New Commerce Normal

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Today, [fraud] becomes a much bigger challenge than before,” Sevounts said. The good news, Sevounts said, is that tools for spotting and stopping fraud have greatly improved. Fighting Fraud On All Fronts. A decade ago, bad actors were stealing card numbers for digital fraud, and now they’re taking over whole accounts.

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CFPB Rolls Out Innovation Regulator Network

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The network will also advance “regulatory certainty” for innovators and stay abreast of changes in the market while helping reduce fraud, discrimination and deception. Inaugural members of ACFIN include state attorneys general of Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah.

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ACH Alert, Fraud Prevention Services Company, Selects William Mills Agency

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William Mills Agency, the largest independent public relations and content marketing firm specializing in the financial industry, is pleased to announce today that it will provide PR services, trade show support and social media services for Tennessee-based, ACH Alert.

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 Notaries Taking Note Of The Digital Documentation Push

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And beyond products themselves that connect all parties to the transaction, online notarization has gained legislative support in states including Texas, Tennessee, Nevada and Indiana — and notaries in each of those states can offer their digital services nationwide. Services in those states go into effect on July 1.

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Here’s How The Opioid Crisis Is Losing Retailers $9B A Year

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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. In addition, the crime cuts into state sales tax revenue: Tennessee loses more than $14 million a year to return fraud. As an addict, I just feel like I go to any length.”.

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Keeping Investment Platforms Free From Fraudsters

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George’s company, WellCity, marketed itself as a social media network for the health and wellness marketplace run out of Brentwood, Tennessee. This month, police arrested 63-year-old George David George in relation to an investment scheme through which he allegedly defrauded investors of millions of dollars.

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