Articles Tagged with ''fraud trends''

Nearly one in three victims of identity fraud chose to avoid specific merchants after falling victim to fraud, according to the 5^th Annual LexisNexis True Cause of Fraud study, which found that between 10 and 14 million U.S. consumers are victims of identity fraud every year.   

One financial analyst stole nearly $3.4 million from payments due to Medicaid, and the healthcare system only discovered the discrepancies after the worker's death last year. 

A just released survey by the Pew Research Center Internet Project finds that most Internet users would like to be anonymous online, but many think it is not possible to be completely anonymous online.

Huge differences in pay and involvement show that women in white-collar crime face sex segregation from their male fraudster counterparts.

There has been a huge increase in the number of businesses reporting extortion attempts by drug cartels in Mexico.

The majority of foreign and domestic companies in Mexico say security has either improved or remained unchanged from last year, and almost half expect more improvement within five years.

An alleged $6 billion money-laundering cyber network that helped hide illegal transactions worldwide has been busted.

Only 17 percent of Canadian organizations have a specific definition of insider threats, and 19 percent have employee training on recognizing and preventing it.

A massive scheme among insurance agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers to defraud the federal crop insurance program has been uncovered by Federal investigators.