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IP Address Fraud Case Shows Ease Of Hiding Identity On The Web

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In this first-of-its-kind fraud prosecution of a small technology company, Golestan is facing 20 counts of wire fraud in a suit brought in the U.S. District Court in South Carolina. This is the first federal case that brings fraud allegations to internet resources. The case revolves around IP addresses.

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Medical Equipment Cos Charged In $1.2B Healthcare Fraud

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authorities announced that they have charged a number of individuals in connection with one of the biggest healthcare frauds ever prosecuted in the nation. The fraud, which resulted in more than $1.2 Medicare’s anti-fraud unit announced that it took adverse administrative action against 130 DME companies that submitted over $1.7

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Defending Your Fully Digital Wallet Against Fraud

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Both from a cash and a fraud perspective, my curiosity was piqued, and I fell down the rabbit hole to learn more. Fraudsters Love Digital Real-Time Payments All this rapid change is great for one thing — fraud. Globally, APP fraud and related scams continue to be a problem for banks and their customers. Where Did My Cash Go?

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Global Fraud Trends: What’s Happening and What’s Next?

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Global Fraud Trends: What’s Happening and What’s Next? Here are the highlights from the fraud trends breakout session at FICO World 2022 with a panel of fraud professionals from Brazil, Turkey and North America. Ulisses Okamoto , Fraud Risk Management Superintendent at Itaú Unibanco (Brazil). Tue, 07/02/2019 - 02:45.

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Application Fraud, Analytics – and Gamecocks?

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I was looking over my blog archives the other day and read this chestnut from December 2015: “With the introduction of EMV in the US, both [card not present and application fraud] are up – especially the sophistication of the synthetic identities used in application fraud.”. Customer expectations create fraud opportunities.

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Fraud Ideas from FICO World 2022 – and Excitement for 2023!

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Fraud Ideas from FICO World 2022 – and Excitement for 2023! FICO World 2022 was an excellent event with a stellar fraud protection and compliance track - here's some of what we learned. Synthetic Identities and Application Fraud. Innovative Customer Communications for Fraud. Tue, 07/02/2019 - 02:45. by TJ Horan.

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CFPB Rolls Out Innovation Regulator Network

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The network will also advance “regulatory certainty” for innovators and stay abreast of changes in the market while helping reduce fraud, discrimination and deception. Inaugural members of ACFIN include state attorneys general of Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah.