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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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October 26th – BSA/AML Day | Nationally Recognized

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Professionals across the nation encouraged to celebrate National Financial Crime Fighter Day. We started that effort in full-force in 2017, with an idea to create a nationally recognized holiday – BSA/AML Professional Day – to be observed on October 26 th each year. You may be asking what is so special about October 26.

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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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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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Navigating the U.S.-Mexico border: Understanding the surge in criminal activity

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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), deaths involving synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, continued to rise, with 70,601 overdose deaths reported in 2021. The Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as using force, fraud, or coercion in exchange for labor, services, or a commercial sex act.

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Human smuggling: New FinCEN alert puts financial institutions on guard

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national priorities. . Human smuggling is the facilitation, for financial or other material gains, of irregular entry into a country where the migrant is not a national or resident, according to the United Nations. The smuggler abandoned the locked trailer in sweltering South Texas temperatures with no water.

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Human Trafficking: Ukraine in Crisis

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Human trafficking has long been a global concern and has officially become one of the eight national anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism priorities for the United States. Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as modern-day slavery involving the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain labor or commercial sex act.

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