Tagged: fraud

February 24, 2023 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following its recent analysis of online fraud trends in 2023, SEON has delved deeper into the specific risks “facing iGaming operators around the world.” Leveraging millions of data points from across its platform, the company has created a new report, which “highlights the persistent nature… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The fraud charges continue to pile up for disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Earlier today, the US Department of Justice filed an updated complaint that outlines twelve charges – an increase from the previous criminal charges. The claims continue to be damning and expansive, highlighting… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Justice has issued a statement that a federal grand jury in the District of Oregon has returned an indictment charging the four founders of Forsage, a DeFi decentralized finance (DeFi) crypto investment platform, alleging a global Ponzi and pyramid scheme that… Read More

February 20, 2023 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pump and dump schemes in traditional finance are quite simple: Holders of a tradable asset, such as stock in a company, will “heavily hype and promote the asset to other investors, often using misleading statements, causing the price to rise rapidly as new investors buy,”… Read More

February 19, 2023 @ 11:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2018, Plaid launched Plaid in Canada to enable account connectivity for thousands of fintechs and help increase financial access for millions of Canadians. Since then, they’ve worked with companies like Wealthsimple, Shopify, and Wave. But onboarding a new user is more than “just account… Read More

February 16, 2023 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Vista Network Technologies and its CEO, Armen Temurian, with “fraudulent solicitation and misappropriation of customers’ digital asset commodities.” The CFTC claims that the defendants scammed over $7 million in Bitcoin and Ether from erstwhile customers. The CFTC described… Read More

February 7, 2023 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

International fraud prevention company SEON has announced the acquisition of compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) specialist firm, Complytron. The acquisition instantly adds AML capabilities “to SEON’s fraud fighting toolkit and signals a new focus on holistic FinCrime prevention for the growing business.” As a result… Read More

February 6, 2023 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Post-COVID-19 holiday shoppers flocked to online sales “in unprecedented numbers in 2022, bringing along with it an increased risk of chargebacks.” Monica Eaton, founder of Chargebacks911, advises eCommerce merchants “to act now and protect themselves from first-party fraud.” As holiday shoppers navigated the post-COVID-19 inflationary… Read More

February 3, 2023 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Commonwealth Bank is rolling out new features for its widely used banking apps “aimed at combating the plague of scammers ripping off Australians.” From late March, the app will “indicate whether the name and account details customers have entered are correct when they make payments… Read More

February 3, 2023 @ 5:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud charges against a US-based LLC – Windsor Jones and its principal based in the UK, Anthony Collins. According to the SEC, the firm and Collins pursued a fraud involving purported fine wine investments raising at least $4… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 6:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

“The business model Celsius advertised and sold to its customers was not the business that Celsius actually operated.” – Court Document, Filed January 31, 2023 Celsius, one of the first big crypto firms to fail and file for bankruptcy protection, continues to meander its way… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  As war continues to rage in Ukraine and inflation impacts the economy, fintechs and digital banks expect the subsequent global economic downturn “to drive a rise in financial crime – and they’re staffing up their financial crime prevention teams.” A new survey by ComplyAdvantage,… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 12:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Groceries, transportation, relationships, entertainment, and more are all now “available at the swipe of a smartphone,” the team at Inscribe notes in a blog post. Buyers have come “to not only enjoy — but expect — frictionless interactions that provide instant gratification.” Fast response times… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over the last 30 years, financial crime has increasingly become “a concern to governments around the world,” according to an update from Juniper Research. Today, there is widespread recognition that “economically motivated crime poses a long-term threat to the stability and development of societies’ economies… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sandbar, a provider of anti-money laundering, fraud, and counter-terrorism risk detection software, announced the availability of its product and a $4.8 million seed investment led by Lachy Groom and Abstract Ventures. Other participating investors “include BoxGroup, as well as more than 45 angel investors including… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Managing compliance risks can feel intimidating, “especially because identity crime and fraud attempts jumped by 36% in 2021 relative to 2020,” according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. As global regulations and accessibility increase, so do compliance risks. To ensure secure operations and offer a… Read More

January 23, 2023 @ 10:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CIMB Bank Berhad and CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad announced that it has introduced a self-service ‘Lock Clicks ID’ feature which acts as a ‘kill switch’ for both its CIMB Clicks App and CIMB OCTO App “effective 16 January 2023.” The new feature will enable customers… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 12:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, and Zixiao (Gary) Wang, the former Chief Technology Officer of FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), for their part in the “multi-year scheme” to commit fraud in regards to FTX, once… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a litigation release regarding allegations that Sam Bankman-Fried defrauded equity investors in FTX. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have also announced charges against Bankman-Fried…. Read More

January 15, 2023 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) published a joint thematic Report on national financial education initiatives on digitalization, with “a focus on cybersecurity, scams, and fraud.” The Report identifies good practices “that national competent authorities and other public entities can… Read More