Tagged: fraud

April 13, 2023 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Iris Powered by Generali, provider of a proprietary identity and cyber protection platform,  announced the launch of ScamAssist, a dedicated service to help Iris’ clients provide customers comprehensive and rigorous protection against email, phone, text, and direct mail scam attempts. In conjunction with the launch,… Read More

April 12, 2023 @ 11:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CAT Labs, a start-up building forensic and cybersecurity tools to fight crypto-enabled crime, raised $4.3M in its pre-seed round led by Castle Island Ventures, Brevan Howard Digital, CMT Digital, and RW3 Ventures. Other participants in the investment round “include Newark Venture Partners, Hash3, Borderless Capital,… Read More

April 11, 2023 @ 5:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed charges against Rashawn Russell, an individual who allegedly solicited retail investors to invest in a digital asset trading fund. Russell allegedly misappropriated $1 million in investor assets. The civil enforcement action has been filed in the US… Read More

April 5, 2023 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Charlie Javice, the founder of the defunct student loan assistance company previously known as Frank, “with fraud in connection with the $175 million sale of the company to JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPMC) in 2021.” The SEC’s… Read More

April 4, 2023 @ 8:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Crypto Con: “Sha Zhu Pan” or pig butchering in Chinese Fraudsters and crooks tend to rehash their scams over time; the only thing that changes is the technology and tools utilized to separate money from the unsuspecting. Yesterday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ)… Read More

April 4, 2023 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NAB has started introducing more proactive prompts to digital banking to help customers identify potential scams and “to make sure money is going to the right recipient when they’re making a payment.” The initiative will “present customers with real-time, personalized messages based on the type… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 12:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Confluent Co-Founder and Board Member Neha Narkhede and former Meta engineering executive Sachin Kulkarni announced the launch of their newest company, Oscilar, with the goal of “solving one of the biggest challenges facing businesses and consumers: how to protect online transactions from fraud and theft.”… Read More

March 30, 2023 @ 5:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has posted a notice that on March 15, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final judgment against Defendants John and sister JonAtina (Tina) Barksdale ordering permanent injunctions, disgorgement with interest, and… Read More

March 30, 2023 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Indicted FTX crypto exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is reportedly expected to plead not guilty this Thursday to the latest US criminal charges. These new charges include allegedy conspiring to violate campaign finance guidelines and even attempting to bribe Chinese officials. As first reported by… Read More

March 28, 2023 @ 8:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) and Telstra announced a new pilot to help protect their customers from phone scams. Scam Indicator, currently in proof-of-concept stage and to be piloted over the next few months, will help “protect joint CBA and Telstra customers from phone scams where… Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Exit scams, popularly referred to as rug pulls, are “an ongoing criminal scheme in Web3,” according to an update shared by CertiK. CertiK writes in a blog post that a rug pull “involves fraudsters robbing a crypto project by liquidating their holdings without warning and… Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  After trying to evade law enforcement for around six months, Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon has now been taken into police custody in Montenegro. Kwon and Terraform Labs were responsible for TerraUSD, an aspiring algorithmic stablecoin, and sister crypto Luna, which collapsed last year… Read More

March 19, 2023 @ 5:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure, the provider of digital identity verification and fraud solutions,  announced that Ayesha Prakash has joined as head of public sector partnerships. Prakash will “report to Matt Thompson, Socure’s general manager of public sector solutions.” As more government services move online, Socure’s digital identity experts… Read More

March 17, 2023 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Forter, the Trust Platform for digital commerce, announced its partnership with Wix.com Ltd. (Nasdaq: WIX), a global SaaS platform to create, manage, and grow an online presence. The partnership reportedly “delivers Forter’s accurate, real-time decisions to Wix merchants in certain countries — increasing their approval… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest is increasing customer protection against crypto-criminals “after £329m was lost by consumers last year.” A daily limit of £1000 and a 30-day payment limit of £5000 to cryptocurrency exchanges is being “implemented to help protect customers losing life changing sums of money.” Cryptocurrency investments… Read More

March 14, 2023 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ComplyAdvantage, the fraud and financial crime detection firm, named Jim Anning as the company’s Chief Data Officer as part of its commitment to innovation in anti-money laundering / countering financial terrorism (AML/CFT) services. The newly created role on the Executive Leadership Team “reflects the centrality… Read More

March 12, 2023 @ 11:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, the firm focused on fighting financial crime with AI, has partnered with UK Finance, the trade association for the UK’s banking and financial services sector, to deliver its Annual Fraud Report. UK Finance has chosen Feedzai as the lead sponsor and contributor “for the… Read More

March 9, 2023 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure, the provider of digital identity verification and fraud solutions, announced it has entered into a $95 million, three-year credit facility with J.P. Morgan, Silicon Valley Bank, and KeyBanc Capital Markets. This line of credit will further strengthen the company’s financial position as it “continues… Read More

March 8, 2023 @ 6:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Green United, LLC, its founder Wright W. Thurston, and a promoter, Kristoffer A. Krohn, with allegedly defrauding investors in connection with an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities. The SEC noted that Krohn is a repeat offencer,… Read More

March 7, 2023 @ 8:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lightico, a provider of digital customer interactions, announced its integration with Innovis, a leading provider of fraud prevention solutions, “to provide its authentication tool, FailSafe®, to manage fraud risk.” The phone ID verification tool will “assist current and future Lightico customers with fraud detection and… Read More