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Fraud Awareness Week 2024
18 Nov, 2024
This week, we join the global effort to raise awareness about the impact of fraud and promote strategies to prevent it. Fraud costs organizations and individuals billions every year, but together, we can make a difference.
What is the 'dark web,' used by a TikTok pedophile?
09 May, 2024
What is the 'dark web,' allegedly used by a TikTok pedophile gang arrested in Lebanon?
Pair sentenced for significant money laundering
12 Apr, 2024
Two men have been sentenced following their part in a fraud that led to a Wiltshire pensioner paying out £406,975.
New fraud allegations hit Lebanon's central bank over $8 billion scheme
09 Apr, 2024
Alleged scheme involves 'sham transactions' between Lebanon's central bank and its lesser-known broker, Optimum, leaked audit papers show.
Top 5 Fraud trends in 2024
01 Apr, 2024
There are consistent factors in fraud, like social engineering tactics that exploit human behavioral tendencies or external financial pressures that lead fraudsters to commit their crimes.
Top 7 Trends Shaping Fraud & Identity 2024
05 Mar, 2024
Fraud and identity professionals will have to juggle mounting challenges such as the impact of added regulatory pressure in many parts of the world.
These Are the Biggest Fraud Risks Banks Will Face in 2024
17 Jan, 2024
Fraudsters will use Gen AI, synthetic identities and new tactics to increase and perpetrate fraud in 2024.
2023 Mortgage Fraud Report
04 Oct, 2023
The 2023 Annual Mortgage Fraud Report shows relative stability in fraud risk levels year-over-year, with a 3.1% decrease in fraud risk at the end of the second quarter of 2023.
Rising tide of fraud: UK losses surge to £593m in Q2 2023
16 Aug, 2023
In Q2 of 2023, the UK saw a rise in fraudulent activity with a loss of £593m, pushing the total stolen cash in the past year to almost £3.5bn.
Beware of these fraud trends
06 Jun, 2023
Traditional and effective fraud techniques like account takeover operations have become more challenging
Two people arrested in Ponzi investment scam probe
27 Mar, 2023
A man and woman from Nottingham have been arrested as part of an inquiry into a Ponzi investment scam
Fraud victims who lost thousands call for 'extreme caution' over online payments
02 Feb, 2023
UAE residents who lost thousands of dirhams to financial scams have urged others to take "extreme caution" over online payments and sharing personal details.
A key suspect in E.U. ‘Qatargate’ corruption scandal cuts deal
17 Jan, 2023
A key suspect in a corruption case that has rocked the European Parliament has cut a deal with Belgian authorities, agreeing to share details of an alleged cash-for-influence scheme.
Bernie Madoff - Netflix 2023
13 Jan, 2023
This documentary series follows the rise and fall of financier Bernie Madoff, the mastermind behind one of the largest Ponzi scams in Wall Street history.
FTX recovers $5bn
13 Jan, 2023
FTX recovers $5bn but scale of losses to customers still unknown
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