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US DOJ Charges 14 With $28M In PPP Fraud

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

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Digital identity has become a crucial part of the telecommunications industry as the proliferation of smartphones and the personal data they hold makes security paramount. 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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Flight Attendants Charged With Money Laundering In Miami

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Four flight attendants for American Airlines were arrested and charged with money laundering after police seized $22,671 between them at Miami International Airport on Monday (Oct. 21), according to a report by CNN. The attendants were going through customary customs checks when the money was discovered.

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How Swap.com Kept Fraudsters From Ruining Christmas

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One unfortunate result of this shift has been an uptick in fraud, with bad actors taking advantage of digital channels to victimize customers and retailers more easily than they could during face-to-face interactions. How Swap.com Stomps Out Fraud. The secret sauce to preventing fraud year-round is diversification, Brendel said.

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Four Flight Attendants Charged With Money Laundering In Miami

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Four flight attendants for American Airlines were arrested and charged with money laundering after police seized $22,671 between them at Miami International Airport on Monday (Oct. 21), according to a report by CNN. The attendants were going through customary customs checks when the money was discovered.

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Latin America Tries To Tackle Its Digital Security Problem

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But the recent thefts, along with other attempted and completed cyberattacks, demonstrate why payments officials in the region are expressing fresh concern about financial security there. Fraud is a Top Worry. Evidence of that comes from Swift’s Latin America Regional Conference , held earlier this month in Miami.

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Kachkar Charged With $140 Million Fraud

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But the party is over for Kachkar, as Bloomberg reported that the swindler has now been arrested and charged with a $100 million fraud. million Miami Beach home. Kachkar has been charged with eight counts of wire fraud in an indictment unsealed on Friday (Sept. Kachkar used his pharmaceutical company, Inyx Inc.,