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CFPB Rolls Out Innovation Regulator Network

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A network to better coordinate financial innovation among federal and state regulators is being launched by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in partnership with several states, the agency said in a press release. State regulators in every state were invited to join. .

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Tennessee man pleads guilty to nearly $1 million in PPP fraud

American Banker

John Paul Dillon pleaded guilty to nearly $1 million in fraud related to COVID-19 emergency small-business programs, including the Payroll Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program and a fraudulent loan application for a mortgage.

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Using Gift Cards To Buy Drugs: How Return Fraud Is Funding The Opioid Crisis

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It’s called return fraud, and unlike the cyber fraud that has become so rampant in the changing retail environment, it requires no technical savvy, other than the knowledge of how the system works and what a person can get away with at major retailers.

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Walmart Curbs Opiate Prescriptions

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The decision is intended to both prevent fraud and reduce errors, the retailer said. The crime cuts into state sales tax revenue, too, with Tennessee losing more than $14 million each year to return fraud. Walmart has also announced it will require e-prescriptions starting in 2020 for all controlled substances.

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Here’s How The Opioid Crisis Is Losing Retailers $9B A Year

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Booth has been arrested twice for retail return fraud related to gift cards and is now in recovery from heroin and oxycodone addiction at Gateway with Smith. In addition, the crime cuts into state sales tax revenue: Tennessee loses more than $14 million a year to return fraud. As an addict, I just feel like I go to any length.”.

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Keeping Investment Platforms Free From Fraudsters

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George’s company, WellCity, marketed itself as a social media network for the health and wellness marketplace run out of Brentwood, Tennessee. They’re on the hook with regulators should something go wrong, after all. attorney Ryan Raybould. The stakes are high, Couture said.

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CFPB finalizes product sandbox proposal and changes to trial disclosure, no-action letter policies; discloses plans to propose interpretive letter program

CFPB Monitor

In addition, the CFPB has announced the creation of the American Financial Innovation Network (ACFIN) to facilitate coordination between the CFPB, other federal regulators, and state regulators and the CFPB’s issuance of the first NAL under the revised NAL Policy.