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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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Debt Collection Tops ID Theft On FTC Complaint List

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Identity theft, at the second spot in top complaints, jumped more than 47 percent year over year in 2015, with a chief impetus being tax identity theft. In total, through the past year, the network gathered more than 3 million complaints, with Florida, Georgia and Michigan at the top of the state list for fraud complaints.

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Fintech Fundings: 12 Companies Raise $240 million Week Ending June 25

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Canopy Tax (formerly Beanstalk). Tax & accounting practice management. Fraud detection. Louis, Missouri. Tags: Security, fraud, payments, ecommerce, Finovate alum. Source: FT Partners. HQ: Salt Lake City, Utah. Latest round: $8 million. Total raised: $10 million. Source: Crunchbase. Source: Finovate.

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Fantasy Sports Get A Legal Go-Ahead In New York State

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Indiana, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri and Colorado have all affirmed daily sports betting as a legal alternative, but other states have seen the issue differently. The state’s casinos, incidentally, are avid opponents of the bill, on the grounds it pushes a “massive expansion of gambling.”

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