Tagged: fraud

December 22, 2022 @ 2:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Credit/Debit card fraud hit $32.34 billion in 2021, with $11.9 billion of that coming from the United States, according to a report from Nilson. Worldwide, losses jumped by 14% in 2021. Nilson states that the US accounted for 37% of worldwide losses to card fraud… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 11:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has joined both the SEC and US Department of Justice in filing fraud charges against Caroline Ellison, former Alameda CEO, and Gary Wang, FTX co-founder and former CTO. The CFTC initially filed the fraud action on December 13 against… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 9:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges in another case of alleged crypto fraud. This time the “crypto pyramid scheme” apparently targeted the Spanish-speaking community. According to the SEC, Francisley Valdevino Da Silva, Juan Antonio Tacuri Fajardo, Ramon Antonio Perez Arias, and Jose… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the final run-up to the holidays, fraud prevention company SEON is warning all online businesses “to brace for one last surge in fraud attempts.” That’s because last year, during the week of 12th December, the company’s system “declined more than 100,000 transactions per day… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York against Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, and Alameda Research. The CFTC complaint charges the defendants with fraud and material misrepresentations in connection with the sale… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Attorney’s Office, Southern District New York, has unsealed the criminal charges filed against Sam Bankman-Fried and his firms including FTX. The criminal charges were revealed yesterday when the Bahamas announced it expected to extradite Bankman-Fried following a formal request. The indictment states that… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) (NASDAQ: QUBT), a key player focused on accessible full stack quantum solutions, announced that it will work together with Rabobank, which claims to be one of the world’s largest banks in its sectors, “for a project to demonstrate the application of… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LexisNexis Risk Solutions released the results of its first Global State of Fraud and Identity Report, exploring research and insights from industry experts “on recent statistics and trends from [their] industry-recognized studies on the Global True Cost of Fraud and transaction data from over 39B transactions… Read More

December 8, 2022 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The long saga of Michael Terpin’s battle against SIM Swap fraudsters and allegations that AT&T shoulders much of the blame, saw one chapter closed this past week as the courts ordered perpetrator Nicholas Truglia (25) to repay $20.379 million Terpin. He has also been sentenced… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 2:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The failure of FTX and the allegations of fraud pointed at founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried continue to garner much coverage in both traditional media as well as more modern digital news providers. The speed of the collapse, and the amount of funds involved… Read More

December 2, 2022 @ 4:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

SIM Swap perpetrator Nicholas Truglia has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $20,379,007 in restitution to the victim of his cryptocurrency theft. Truglia is required to repay the victim within 60 days. Truglia was sentenced yesterday by US District Judge… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 5:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken action against Edgar Radjabli, operator of Loan Doctor, who allegedly took customer funds and placed them in risky ventures like Celsius Network – a crypto yield platform that is now bankrupt. The complaint filed by the CFPB… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 5:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reports that the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has entered a consent order for a permanent injunction, restitution, and equitable relief against Jeremy Spence of Bristol, Rhode Island, who conducted business as Coin Signals…. Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The payment fraud market faces “a number of challenges which makes it uniquely suited to the wide-scale deployment of fraud prevention systems,” according to an update from Juniper Research. The update from Juniper Research notes that one major feature that AI systems possess is “the… Read More

November 28, 2022 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

FrankieOne has raised $15.5 million in a Series A+ round led by Greycroft and Australian VC AirTree Ventures. The company reported that Reinventure (Westpac Bank’s venture arm), Tidal Ventures, and Apex Capital Partners also reinvested. New strategic investors include Binance Labs and Kraken Ventures. The… Read More

November 28, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Alex Zeltcer  |  

There’s no doubt in the minds of financial organizations and anti-laundering regulators that Know Your Customer (KYC) verified accounts prevent fraudulent activity– and that’s exactly the problem. In the early 1990s, governments around the globe had a growing concern about preventing the increasingly connected banking… Read More

November 24, 2022 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Featurespace, which claims to be the leader in machine learning fraud and financial crime prevention technology, has secured funding from UK and US governments “to build a new type of artificial intelligence (AI) system to help banks and payments service providers (PSPs) detect financial crime… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s professional services firm Evelyn Partners revealed “a significant move to strengthen its Forensic Services team with the appointment of Annabel Kerley FCA as Head of Fraud and Financial Crime.” As a Partner specializing in investigations Annabel will “build and grow Evelyn Partners’ Forensic Services… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 4:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

The bankruptcy of FTX and many of its affiliated entities have pummeled all crypto markets. Many observers wonder if there is another shoe to drop. Meanwhile, crypto-associated firms continue to make announcements regarding any impact the collapse of crypto may have on their operations. It… Read More

November 8, 2022 @ 11:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Since its inception, SEON has been making effective online fraud prevention more accessible for “all businesses operating online.” Now, the company has “taken the next step in that mission by announcing a ‘forever free’ version of its online fraud prevention platform.” The free plan will… Read More