PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The United States may have some of the world's best cryptographers working for the National Security Agency and other spy shops, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is crowdsourcing at least part of its effort to beat the algorithms that cloak information about certain cryptocurrencies. Even the U.S.

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PYMNTS

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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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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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

FinCEN provides guidance on Cyber Fraud What can financial institutions do to prevent and detect cyber fraud? You might also like this blog on FinCEN's AML/CTF priorities on cyber fraud. Takeaway 3 The FinCEN releases also focus on money mule schemes and imposter fraud, both increasing due to the pandemic. .

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

You might also like this webinar, "Proactive measures to protect against check fraud and fraud loss." REGISTER now Takeaway 1 Phishing is not a new fraud trend, but the rise of smartphones means text messaging fraud is becoming more common. billion to fraud in 2021, a 70% increase over the prior year.

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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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The cost of crimes involving bitcoin and cryptocurrency hit $4.3 However, upon purchasing the cryptocurrency from PlusToken, users would eventually find that the sites didn’t work and they couldn’t get their money out. Many people who had bought cryptocurrency through the program lost everything they had supposedly purchased.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2017

And the winner of the newest frontier of financial fraud is cryptocurrency. As cryptocurrency increases in popularity, it has attracted dangerous minds. In London, police have made an arrest of a man suspected of setting up a so-called “boiler room” for selling false cryptocurrency to various investors.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Cryptocurrency lending platform Vauld raised $2 million to expand into full banking services, including issuing credit and debit cards and providing fiat and crypto order books, CoinDesk reported. 28), claiming that XRP is a “cryptocurrency asset,” not a security, CoinDesk reported, citing the company’s press release.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Italian police charged the former head of cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, identified by the initials of “F.F.,” with money laundering, fraudulent banking and computer fraud, Reuters reported. “It cryptocurrency exchange Exmo reported a “major” security breach on Mon. They allege that F.F. Meanwhile, U.K.

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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

MARCH 27, 2017

As far as cryptocurrencies have come in recent years, a number of security and fraud risk elements still remain. The ability to reliably tie cryptocurrency transactions to individuals could be a game changer for law enforcement. But developers are working to bring the seedier side of bitcoin to a close.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The Acting Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, Keith Noreika, has stated that he is considering imposing a nationwide licensing program for cryptocurrency exchanges, similar to the licensing program recently enacted in Japan. Last week, Japan’s […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The CEO of Shopin, a blockchain-powered startup, has pleaded guilty to securities fraud related to $42.5 New York Attorney General Letitia James ordered Eyal to step down as CEO and surrender $450,000 of Shopin related cryptocurrency as well as pay $600,000 to Springleap investors. Frank Amato and RGB Coin Ltd.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

Gox hack that saw $473 million in bitcoin disappear, the Bitfinex hack in which $72 million in value was lost overnight and the reigning champion crypto hack, the January 2018 Coincheck hack that saw $530 million in cryptocurrency go missing. The big, and under-discussed threat, he said, is the approximately $2.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Facebook’s Libra project has renewed focus on how cryptocurrencies are regulated, with current rules on the sector patchy and varying from country to country. The latest AMC/KYC Tracker examines current efforts to stop money laundering, fight fraud and improve customer identity authentication in the financial services space.

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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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TheGuardian

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

UK Finance says £754m stolen from bank customers in first half of 2021 as scammers capitalised on Covid Fraud victim scammed for almost £25,000 Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Fraud in the UK has risen to a level where it poses a “national security threat”, according to the main banking body, with £754m stolen from bank (..)

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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.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

United States prosecutors are bringing criminal charges against the leaders of OneCoin, a cryptocurrency, alleging they were operating a pyramid scheme worth in the multi-billions, when selling the currency. Ignatov is from Bulgaria and was charged with wire fraud conspiracy. The scheme amounts to fraud, prosecutors say.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) leading authority on bitcoin, cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings (ICOs) has ruled that some well-known cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Ethereum are not securities. As such, they can expect to come under the regulatory control of the SEC and relevant securities laws.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

Aided by technology – and emboldened by the rise of cryptocurrencies – fraudsters are stepping up ransomware campaigns. In comments reported earlier this week, cyber insurance security responder Tom Bennett of CFC Underwriting told The Financial Times that that claims surged in June and July. Corporate Wire Fraud.

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Payments Source

MARCH 7, 2018

As both the volume and value of digital currencies increase, so will inevitable attempts to commit fraud and theft. In this nascent stage, what is protecting cryptocurrency buyers and sellers?

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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 2 Financial institutions play a crucial role in not only securing their clients' financial assets but also in protecting their emotional well-being from the rising threat of romance scams. with reported losses of a staggering $1.3

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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. securities laws. The regulator filed charges against Canadian organizers Dominic Lacroix and Sabrina Paradis-Royer, as well as a firm named PlexCorps, for violating U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Looking back at 2019, and at cryptocurrencies, we may well make the declaration that fraudsters got a lot more brazen … which may mean 2020 is the year lawmakers and regulators clamp down through a global, concerted effort to root out financial crime. billion in fraud and theft seen last year. billion number is a huge jump from the $1.7

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Distributed denial of service attacks, otherwise known as DDoS , have now added a cryptocurrency mining twist to the scam, requiring victims to pay the ransom. In one example, a note demanded 50 XMR, or Monero, which is a cryptocurrency. The report noted that as of March 3, this amount of Monero was worth around $16,000.

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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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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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Ternio , a global FinTech platform, has integrated with Plaid , a financial data company, to help Ternio BlockCard bank accounts access faster and more secure connections to financial accounts, according to a press release. dollars between all of their accounts.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

In Q3 2019 alone they made off with cryptocurrency valued at almost $4.5 Among the inventive ways that companies are fighting digital fraud in 2020 is Teradata’s new concept of analyzing computer mouse movements, as it turns out that hackers move their mice very differently than regular people. Fraud prevention tech has to scale.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The People’s Bank of China announced in March that it plans to create rules for regulating and securing the FinTech sector, for example. . This month’s Deep Dive examines the struggles and strategies involved in securing the FinTech and digital banking space and how AI may be able to help. . resources.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

With fresh concerns about government regulation of cryptocurrency surfacing, Bitcoin and other digital tokens continued the recent declines in value, erasing $550 billion in value for the global cryptocurrency market since the start of 2018.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

QuadrigaCX, the Canadian crypto exchange that previously lost $250 million CAD worth of cryptocurrencies and fiat, has reportedly lost an additional $500,000 CAD. The Monitor is working with Management to retrieve this cryptocurrency from the various cold wallets, if possible.”. The digital tokens include 51 bitcoin , 0.14

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

billion is estimated to have been lost to cryptocurrency scams, thefts and fraud in the first quarter of 2019, and cybercriminals and scammers are not the only ones putting digital asset users at risk. Thwarting fraud and making usage as secure as possible are key concerns for Canadian trading platform Bitbuy.

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The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

iDenfy , a Lithuania-based regtech startup specialising in ID verification and fraud prevention, has partnered with Bitlocus , a regulated cryptocurrency exchange.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

China is not the only country dealing with cryptocurrency issues. securities laws. The lawsuits charge that seven cryptocurrency issuers and four crypto exchanges sold billions of dollars in unregistered assets. As reported on Monday (April 6), 11 lawsuits have been filed in the U.S.

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