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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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Retail Enabler: CardinalCommerce Protects SMBs From Holiday Fraud

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‘Tis the season … to be very, very wary of phishing and other types of fraud. Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales continue to increase year over year — while some project online holiday sales at $98 billion, new estimates from the National Retail Foundation project that this year’s online holiday sales could reach $117 billion.

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SAFE Banking Act returns to Congress: Is safe harbor for cannabis banking on the horizon?

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Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in the same hearing. Similarly, it needlessly jeopardizes the safety of retail staffers, who are susceptible to robbery. “The lack of electronic records in this world makes it easy to move money that shouldn’t be moved.” The SAFE Banking Act is still awaiting further action in Congress.

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Huntington Now Offers Real-Time Payments For Consumers, SMBs

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Through using the RTP network, the Columbus, Ohio-based company will be able to offer receipts and better communication options for payers and payees, including messaging, for both consumer and business customers, the release states.

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WEX Extends Fuel Card Contract With Sheetz

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announced a 10-year extension of its fleet fuel card contract with convenience chain retailer Sheetz, Inc., states, including Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. On Wednesday (Oct. 18), payment solutions company WEX, Inc., a press release published by Business Wire reported.

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Key Under the Mat

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Unnecessary barriers to effective threat-information sharing between law enforcement and the financial and retail sectors should be removed. in Coldwater, Ohio. Neither option was particularly desirable, and the rejection of the settlement proved it. We need to keep moving because cyberthieves are lurking behind us.

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OfferUp Is Pushing Trust, But Will Users Buy In Light Of Incidents?

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Last week, an Ohio man was shot by the man who was supposedly going to sell him a PlayStation 4 Pro video game system for $180. However, it’s clear that not everyone using the platform has such noble intentions.

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