Call Center Agent Copied Customer Card Details, Made Purchases Online
A call center employee working in the UK was arrested after copying credit card information provided to him by customers over the phone...
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David Montague
Nov 2, 20211 min read
Retail Sales Clerk Boosts Commission Buying Goods with Fraudulent Credit Cards
A former employee at Saks Fifth Avenue faces felony credit card abuse charges after using fraudulent credit cards opened in the names of...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
CIFAS Releases Report on Internal Fraud Trends in the UK
CIFAS, a fraud prevention membership association in the UK, reported that internal fraud in the United Kingdom increased 14.5 percent in...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20211 min read
Federal Reserve Programmer Steals Software Code
A computer programmer working for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently pleaded guilty to theft of government property after...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
ACFE Reports on Detecting, Preventing Workplace Fraud
A recent survey and report from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners focused on fraud occurring at the workplace. The study...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20211 min read
DMV Employee Created and Sold Fraudulent State Licenses
Former New Hampshire Department of Motor Vehicle employee Donna Rockholt was sentenced to eight to twenty-eight years in prison on...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20211 min read
Retail Clerk Opened Store Credit Cards with Stolen Identities
Two Louisiana residents were arrested and charged with multiple accounts of fraud and identity theft after a retail clerk used stolen...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Prepares Prepaid Card Regulations
In late May the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced they will soon formalize regulations for prepaid cards to better protect...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
PRESS RELEASE: New and Pending Legislation and Regulations Affecting eCommerce
Sarasota, FL, May 16, 2012 / Internal Release - Since the onset of the Internet in the early nineteen-nineties governments have adapted...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20211 min read
Proposed Bills Prevent Employers from Requiring Access to Private Accounts
In recent years it has become more common for employers to require job applicants and current employees to provide their passwords for...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20213 min read
Senate Holds Hearing on Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
On May 9 the U.S. Senate held a discussion on the proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights which seeks to establish the framework for...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
FTC Charges Google, Myspace with Internet Privacy Violations
The Federal Trade Commission has accused the social networking website Myspace of providing user data to third parties without user...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
US Senator Calls for Net Neutrality Investigation
The Netherlands recently passed net neutrality legislation becoming the first country in the European Union to do so and only the second...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
High Costs Predicted as UK Prepares to Enforce Cookie Directive
The European Union’s Cookie Directive was adopted by member states in late May of 2011, but allowing up to a year to implement the...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Department of Justice Investigating Visa’s Post-Durbin Amendment Fees
While recently announcing their quarterly profits Visa also disclosed that the U.S. Department of Justice has requested more information...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
UK and US Authorities Shut Down 36 Black Market Websites
An ongoing investigation conducted by the UK’s Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), working with the FBI and the U.S. Department of...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Report Finds Increase in Malware, Targeted Attacks at Medium-Sized Businesses
According to Symantec’s annual Internet Security Threat Report, malicious attacks increased 81 percent from last year while social...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
EU Implementing Minimum Authentication Standards for PSPs
The European Central Bank has drafted a set of recommendations to increase the security of online transactions in the European Union. The...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
IRS May Share Information with Law Enforcement to Fight Tax Return Identity Fraud
Identity thieves filing fraudulent tax returns to claim refund checks have caused headaches for hundreds of thousands of tax payers and...
David Montague
Nov 2, 20212 min read
As Consumers Use Debit Cards More and Checks Less, Fraudsters Adjust Accordingly
In recent years consumers have been using their debit cards more often while relying less on paper checks, meanwhile fraud rates on these...
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