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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. Levy, 50, of Bedford, Ohio; and Abdul-Azeem Levy, 22, of Cleveland, Ohio. 46, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Bern Benoit, 44, of Burbank, California. The defendants include Damion O.

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Scammers Prove Corporate Payments Fraud Comes In All Shapes And Sizes

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But the BEC scam is not the only kind of business payments fraud plaguing firms today. This week's B2B Digest looks at how corporate finance scams come in all shapes and sizes, from employee expense fraud to invoice falsification. PYMNTS breaks down the numbers behind the latest cases below.

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The Many Faces Of Employee Fraud

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Corporate fraud comes in many colors, but for many businesses, the most unexpected threat is the one looming from within company walls. This week, IBM announced a collaboration with Raw Seafoods to develop a blockchain solution to address supply chain fraud in the seafood industry, including cases of incomplete documentation and mislabeling.

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Computer Virus Brings Ohio Town’s Government To A Halt

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A virus that infected the computer system of the Licking County government offices in Ohio has shut down the entire network, including that of the local police force, and a financial demand was made to restore everything back to normal, according to TechCrunch.

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SBA Eyes Fees Paid To Rocket Loans, Contractor In Loan Program

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government's Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, plagued by delays and fraud, has created attention for a firm that netted around $800 million in fees while subcontracting the work out to the nation's largest mortgage lender, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.

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 Invoice Fraud, Global In Reach, As GDPR Looms

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Also noted by the site, Ernst & Young’s Global Fraud Survey has set its sights on compliance efforts. Local news stories show that fraud – across payroll schemes and otherwise – remains alive and well across the globe. Two of them had allegedly taken the bulk of that amount, at 300,000 euros, from a Spanish company.

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From Russia, With Malware: US Charges Hackers In $100M Bank Fraud

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The duo allegedly — and with the help of more than a dozen others — worked to deploy malware known as Dridex (aka Cridex and Bugat) and for committing wire and bank fraud. They are connected with a Russian hacking group known as Evil Corp., which has been known to release malware.

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