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Study: COVID-19 Fraud Reaches $100M

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losses from COVID-19 fraud and ID theft have reached nearly $100 million since the pandemic emerged in March, according to Reuters. The five most targeted states by the scams include the ones with the biggest populations: California, Florida, New York, Texas and Pennsylvania. Those cases have cost victims a total of $97.5

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AML human trafficking red flags and other ways banks can support victims

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The United Nations estimates there are currently 40 million people enslaved around the world, and that one-quarter of them are children. Two recent guests of the Abrigo podcast Ahead of the Curve shared ways that their organizations, Made Free and the Texas Advocacy Project (TAP), fight against human trafficking.

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Nacha Provides Guidance On Voice Payments, Cybersecurity

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While some banks enable voice technology to make payments, check account balances and make transfers, the technology raises concerns regarding security, data privacy and dispute resolution. Nacha was originally known as the National Automated Clearing House Association. It was developed by the Cybersecurity Response Project Team.

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Medical Equipment Cos Charged In $1.2B Healthcare Fraud

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authorities announced that they have charged a number of individuals in connection with one of the biggest healthcare frauds ever prosecuted in the nation. The fraud, which resulted in more than $1.2 Medicare’s anti-fraud unit announced that it took adverse administrative action against 130 DME companies that submitted over $1.7

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SEC Halts Texas Financial Firm’s ‘Illegal’ ICO

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In an effort to stop an “illegal offering of securities,” the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against a Dallas-based financial firm seeking to launch what might be the largest initial coin offering (ICO) in history. must comply with federal securities laws.

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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. ” Similar predicaments of public image arise when a government falls victim to fraud. .

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Public Procurement Portal BuySpeed Fixes Cybersecurity Flaw

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Periscope Holdings, which is based in Texas, assists with commodities and services procurement in the public vertical via a range of offerings for sellers and buyers. BuySpeed has the only license to keep, improve and market the commodity/services code of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP).

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