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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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Fraud Ideas from FICO World 2022 – and Excitement for 2023!

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Fraud Ideas from FICO World 2022 – and Excitement for 2023! FICO World 2022 was an excellent event with a stellar fraud protection and compliance track - here's some of what we learned. Synthetic Identities and Application Fraud. Innovative Customer Communications for Fraud. Tue, 07/02/2019 - 02:45. by TJ Horan.

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End-Of-Summer Edition: Retro Malware, Bitcoin’s Surge ‘N’ Split And Apple Watch Sees Other People

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EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse — with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia all enjoying prime viewing slots between start and finish. That same thing will, of course, be looking up. Today, between 12:05 p.m. EST/9:05 a.m.

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Panic at the Checkout: Will EMV Friction Boost Mobile Payments?

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Over the holidays, a FICO colleague in South Carolina, Adam Barrett, shared his experiences: "My first EMV cards started appearing in the mail months ago and local merchant terminals are gradually converting to accept them. None of the national chains I made purchases at were using EMV functionality yet.

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Buy Now, Pay Later: BNPL Fraud and Regulatory Update

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Buy Now, Pay Later: BNPL Fraud and Regulatory Update. Buy now, pay later or BNPL financing is experiencing tremendous growth, but that growth can bring potential growing pains like fraud and regulatory scrutiny. As payments professionals well know, change creates opportunities for fraud. Meanwhile … BNPL Fraud Is on the Rise.

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Business Scams, Everywhere, Phishing For Funds

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Collectively, the agencies and the attorneys stated that they had 24 actions in place, all geared toward fraud attempts and crimes against small businesses through a period of several months. Department of Justice said it had arrested 74 individuals who allegedly committed fraud via business email compromise scams.