Features
Fraud and cybercrime – increasingly borderless on a global scale
New report findings crystalize how fraud and cybercrime have become ncreasingly borderless on a global scale. Read more…
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Fraud is the fastest growing business on earth – no joke
With all the fraud statistics that flood in from PR companies you should unplug every device you own and/or think about a new career in fraud prevention. Read more…
Off the Wire
CFCA celebrates 35 years fighting fraud
Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA), a telecommunications fraud and risk consortium, is celebrating its 35th year anniversary in 2020. Read more…
News
Samsung execs jailed over evidence destroyed in fraud case
South Korean court jails three executives of Samsung Electronics for their role in a plot destroy evidence in an investigation of alleged accounting fraud. Read more…
Features
Telecoms fraud still a lucrative criminal business – CFCA
CFCA survey sheds new light on telecoms fraud but it continues to be a lucrative criminal business despite industry efforts to reel it in. Read more…
Off the Wire
Rogue weather app makes comeback, continues mobile ad fraud
A weather forecasting app has once again been caught making digital purchases without the knowledge of the phone’s owner. Read more…
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It’s 2019 and fraudulent mobile apps are still ripping us off
Eleven years after the first app stores launched, fraudulent apps are still a problem. The latest example – a weather app – is even a repeat offender. Read more…
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Advertising fraud will be a $100 billion problem – and soon
Advertising sales are not only slowing but advertising fraud is rising, fast. Juniper Research estimates that losses will reach $42 billion in 2019 Read more…
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The true cost of financial crime isn’t financial – it’s personal
When fraud takes place, individuals lose money and it’s personal but investors are also affected because their returns in financial firms are reduced. Read more…
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China arrests over 60 suspects abroad in online fraud crackdown
China has arrested 62 suspects abroad and seized $1.5 billion from 380 fraudulent peer-to-peer lending platforms as part of crackdown on online finance. Read more…