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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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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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Data Dive, Criminality Edition: Fingerprints And Wire Fraud And Money Laundering (Oh My!)

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Security solved. As it turns out, security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have found a darknet marketplace in which hackers are selling digital fingerprints. The marketplace operators sell the data to cybercriminals who use it for identity theft, online fraud and other crimes – and the data is worth anywhere from $5 to $200.

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 Invoice Fraud, Global In Reach, As GDPR Looms

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The report recommends a collaborative approach among information security and compliance team members. 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.

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Data Breaches Impact Unemployment Benefit Applicants In Four States

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Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois and Ohio have warned tens of thousands of residents who have applied online for unemployment benefits due to COVID-19 of possible data breaches that could have exposed names, addresses and Social Security numbers.

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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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