PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With digital transactions and eCommerce soaring during the pandemic, the rate of increasingly sophisticated fraud has also risen. Unlike the crypto markets, Wingert said the banking and payments industries continue to be slow to adapt to the challenges of KYC and fraud prevention. In fact, a recent GeoGuard survey found that U.S.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The seizure stemmed from a cryptocurrency fraud scheme being investigated by Brazilian federal police called Operation Egypto. Cryptocurrency has become something of a go-to method for scammers , according to DOJ, as exchanges are often lightly regulated and there are no easy ways to follow the money.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Fintechs are partnering with banks, banks are using blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency and financial regulation is still undergoing massive changes. 2017 has been a […].

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Abrigo

JULY 13, 2023

Avoid fraud losses from pig butchering scams FinCrime professionals looking to prevent pig butchering scams in the age of cryptocurrency can follow these steps to tighten security. Takeaway 1 Investment fraud schemes known as pig butchering scams contributed to $3.3 billion in fraud losses in 2022. billion in 2021.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are continuing to attract attention from authorities for all the wrong reasons. Justice Department report is taking aim at the “emerging threats and enforcement challenges” associated with digital currencies, establishing a “Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework” to address problems.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Fraud trends for financial institutions to watch for in 2023 Financial institutions should not expect a slowdown of any of 2022’s fraud trends. Takeaway 2 A worsening economy increases pressure to commit fraud, provides opportunities to commit fraud, and can be used as an excuse by criminals to rationalize their actions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Perhaps more troubling, however, is digital fraud’s projected future. Recently published research noted global fraud losses could top $6 billion by 2021, more than doubling the $3 billion lost worldwide in 2015. As such, businesses are now investing in their security and fraud prevention technology and solutions. All told, U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

PYMNTS' September Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook , done in collaboration with NICE Actimize , analyzes the pandemic-era fraud landscape and identifies its many pitfalls. This fraud targets all demographics and generations, with U.S. Financial crime-fighters simply won’t suffer this state of affairs.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

Ripple said it wants to protect its customers from disingenuous online giveaways and impersonations pretending to be from the company. The giveaways, Ripple explained, constitute fraudulent online contests where people are told if they send money, they could get more in return, usually through airdrop.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

Aided by technology – and emboldened by the rise of cryptocurrencies – fraudsters are stepping up ransomware campaigns. Gary Robinson, who serves as head of DCPCU, said that online conduits are gaining favor from fraudsters to further their schemes. “We Fraud that was in turn prevented by the unit amounted to as much as $8.2

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has filed charges of fraud against the organizers of a $15 million ICO, the agency announced yesterday. The regulator filed charges against Canadian organizers Dominic Lacroix and Sabrina Paradis-Royer, as well as a firm named PlexCorps, for violating U.S. securities laws.

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JANUARY 27, 2022

The American public has long held and transferred money in digital forms, including bank accounts, online transactions, or payment apps (i.e., While cryptocurrencies have been widely invested in as a commodity equivalent, none have been widely adopted as a means of payment. Venmo and Paypal).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

If 2020 taught us anything about cryptocurrencies, it’s that they’ve reached a tipping point. Or maybe that cryptocurrencies have yet to go mainstream beyond the headlines because fraud still lurks. Bitcoin, of course, exists as one of the most widely recognized cryptocurrencies. Keeping An Eye On Fraud.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 4, 2023

Guidance for banks on the lookout for crypto scams and fraud The turbulent cryptocurrency scene should put bankers on high alert. You might also like this whitepaper, "Understanding cryptocurrency." Takeaway 1 Cryptocurrencies are the newest and most popular field in potential financial gains through fraud.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

As goes banking, so goes fraud. PYMNTS December 2020 AML/KYC Tracker® done in collaboration with Trulioo probes the heightened fraud climate accompanying the mobile-digital shift, zeroing in on key aspects of prevailing in the digital fraud wars. It has ever been thus.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 2, 2017

Venmo not accepted,” future online sale ads might read, at least for this recent victim of fraud on the reigning “killer” P2P payment app. “Accepting payments in cash or crypto only.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

With transactions that become irreversible almost instantaneously, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are winning new converts — among scammers eager to avoid credit card chargebacks that can eat into their ill-gotten gains. So, use your credit card to buy cryptocurrency that you give a scammer and you might be stuck.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

5AMLD’s impacts include strengthening anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regulations in the cryptocurrency space — something that has not pleased all the affected crypto companies. Worldpay On Modernizing Security To Foil eCommerce Fraud. Around The AML/KYC World. Get the full story in the Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

Many of the headlines centered on payments fraud have focused on the damage done to smaller suppliers and vendors, especially in the U.K. But beyond the now-familiar conduits of fraud done across email or through fake invoices, some lures have come through ties with cryptocurrencies. The scheme took place over three years.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

A recent study about how people respond to scammers shows that consumers are more likely to become victims on social media and online marketplaces than over the phone, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday (Sept. The gift cards are sold at a discount in exchange for cryptocurrency.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

This year also kicked off the implementation of the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD), which included among its provisions requirements that cryptocurrency companies be more vigilant in preventing financial crimes from being committed over their platforms. Taking A Local Approach To Fighting Money Laundering, Fraud Worldwide.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

The rapid growth of cryptocurrency has come with closer scrutiny and a call for tighter anti-money-laundering (AML), know-your-customer (KYC) regulations. The anonymous nature of cryptocurrency, coupled with its irreversible transactions, is especially attractive to scammers and fraudsters.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Bitcoin’s price has been steadily rising in recent weeks, climbing above $19,000 last week , thanks to the pandemic-driven shift toward digital payments and cryptocurrency adoption by several mainstream companies, including Square and PayPal. The bank is working with J.P. Dos Santos, citizen of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

As reported in this space , the DSA and DMA cover online marketplaces, social media and other platforms. The proposal also mandates more disclosure on "online advertising and on the algorithms used to recommend content to users.". In the nascent and burgeoning cryptocurrency space, the U.S.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

WATCH Takeaway 1 Romance scams are one of the most common forms of fraud schemes seen in the U.S. Takeaway 3 Romance scams can happen to anyone, but staying informed and following these precautions can create a safer online dating experience. Report any scam or attempted fraud to the FBI and your financial institution.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And, while terrorist use of cryptocurrency is still evolving, certain terrorist groups have solicited cryptocurrency donations running into the millions of dollars via online social media campaigns.”. billion of cryptocurrency reportedly was lost to theft or fraud – double that of the previous year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2019

and an investor in cryptocurrency, won $75.8 The report noted it’s one of the biggest court judgments involving cryptocurrency and an individual. It also shines a light on the scams and schemes going on in the cryptocurrency world as the price remains volatile and well under its high of nearly $20,000. The tokens were worth $23.8

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

The first concert was last week — and yes, tickets could only be bought with cryptocurrency. The group’s first single, “The Moon and Virtual Currencies and Me,” is about the importance of proper online security and the risks of fraud. Sounds like a real barnburner.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Software developer and Ukrainian native Volodymyr Kvashuk, 25, from Renton, Washington, worked for Microsoft from 2016 to 2018, and was tasked with testing Microsoft’s online retail sales platform. dripping fraud and deceit every step of the way…. Sentencing takes place on June 1, and he faces up to 20 years in prison.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

A recent study from PwC found that 47 percent of companies had experienced fraud at least once in the past two years, with a grand total of $42 billion in funds stolen over this period of time. There were 223,163 cases of identity theft that year across all generations, with 42 percent of them consisting of bank and credit card fraud.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Meanwhile, hackers purportedly sought $11 million worth of cryptocurrency from Japanese computer gaming company Capcom in return for not providing illicitly gathered private data, CoinDesk reported.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Fraud continues to plague the digital world, despite the fortunes spent to curb it. Industries that operate solely online are some of the most vulnerable to fraud, including that of online travel. Developments From Around The World Of Digital Fraud. Developments From Around The World Of Digital Fraud.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2017

It’s been a big year for cryptocurrency. In September, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon called bitcoin a “ fraud.” Goldman Sachs joined in the conversation earlier this month, saying that bitcoin and cryptocurrencies like it are “ not the new gold ” and lose out to the precious metal in a “majority of the key characteristics of money.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

The woman accused of one of the largest instances of corporate hacking in recent memory was indicted on charges of wire fraud and computer data theft on Wednesday (Aug. Thompson is also accused of stealing computer power to mine cryptocurrency, which is a practice colloquially known as cryptojacking, the indictment said. .

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

Bitcoin has long been the marquee name — shorthand, if you will — for the cryptocurrency space. A few years ago, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon stated that bitcoin amounted to a fraud that was “worse than tulip bulbs.” The Risks of Fraud. And in recent months, the ride has been wild for bitcoin pricing amid the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2017

What’s more, the report quoted Ji as saying that China is aiming to enhance its regulations for all online financing businesses, and that all of the financing activity should at the very least be subjected to a basic amount of oversight. The government official reportedly said the regulation has already seen some successes.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Shopin planned to use the funds to compile profiles on shoppers that would be maintained on the blockchain and track purchase histories across online retailers. Cybercriminals that commit payment fraud with banking and money transfer apps like Tikkie can face one to four years in prison.

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