PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Aleksandr Brovko, 36, formerly of the Czech Republic, pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud. He was alleged to be an active member of a cybergang that collaborated online to swap trade secrets and tools. Ellis III, of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The lawsuit against Amir Golestan and his web-services provider firm Micfo is shedding light on the ecosystem that governs the world of online spammers and hackers, a Wall Street Journal article said on Monday (Feb. The alleged victim is the nonprofit American Registry for Internet Numbers , based in Centreville, Virginia.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2016

Credit card fraud complaints in the U.S. ValuePenguin analyzed data collected by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and found that there were approximately 70,000 credit card fraud complaints submitted in 2015. At the state level, the number of credit card fraud complaints were much more pronounced. Across the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

Biometric recognition technology uses a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to scan, analyze and store users’ biometric data, such as fingerprints, facial features, voices or even online browsing patterns to confirm that users are who they say they are. Compliance Enforcement Goes Remote With Biometrics.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

The Federal Reserve orchestrated an official investigation of an Amazon facility in Virginia, kicking off what is expected to be ongoing oversight of cloud providers. Fraud comes in many flavors , and a payments-related lawsuit arising from the growing business of legal, recreational marijuana is proof of that point.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2016

There are two criminal complaints that have been unsealed in Virginia against Peter Romar, Ahmad Umar Agha (known online as “The Pro”) and Firas Dardar (“The Shadow”). In reference to the other complaint, beginning in 2013, Dardar and Romar “engaged in multiple conspiracies” to hack online businesses based in the U.S.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

One of the biggest problems with FinTech companies is that many of them exploit existing banking infrastructure—including debit, credit and ACH networks—and access traditional checking and saving accounts, yet face minimal regulation when it comes to data security and privacy. Kelly Pike is a freelance writer in Virginia.

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