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Law
fromBoston.com
1 day ago

Melrose man charged with stealing hundreds of thousands from clients, prosecutors say

A Melrose lawyer faces multiple charges for embezzling client funds and practicing law while suspended.
Brooklyn
fromNews 12 - Default
5 days ago

Former Brooklyn-based nonprofit leaders indicted for allegedly embezzling over $1.3 million

Former nonprofit leaders indicted for embezzling over $1.3 million intended for vulnerable New Yorkers.
Law
fromBoston.com
1 day ago

Melrose man charged with stealing hundreds of thousands from clients, prosecutors say

A Melrose lawyer faces multiple charges for embezzling client funds and practicing law while suspended.
Brooklyn
fromNews 12 - Default
5 days ago

Former Brooklyn-based nonprofit leaders indicted for allegedly embezzling over $1.3 million

Former nonprofit leaders indicted for embezzling over $1.3 million intended for vulnerable New Yorkers.
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

SoCal hospice owners bilked taxpayers for millions in false claims, federal officials say

Eight individuals were arrested and 15 charged in a scheme to defraud Medicare of over $50 million by running sham hospice facilities across Southern California. Federal officials described the actions as brazen efforts to commit fraud, with many billed patients not being terminally ill.
Healthcare
Deliverability
fromIrish Independent
2 days ago

Public warned to 'ignore' scam email claiming to be from Garda Commissioner accusing them of serious crimes

A phishing email impersonating An Garda Síochána threatens recipients with serious legal consequences if they do not respond within 24 hours.
fromnews.bitcoin.com
3 days ago

US Attorney Connecticut Forfeits $600,000 in Tether Linked to Ledger Phishing Letter

The victim, identified in court documents only as T.M., received an unsolicited letter at their home address in September 2025. The letter appeared to come from Ledger Security and Compliance and instructed the recipient to complete a mandatory security review of their Ledger hardware wallet.
Cryptocurrency
#insider-trading
fromFortune
3 days ago
US Elections

Prediction markets have sparked a golden age of insider trading-but the party may be coming to an end | Fortune

fromFortune
4 days ago
Law

New top federal enforcer has his sights set on ending insider trading on prediction markets | Fortune

fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago
Growth hacking

He Ruined His Career for $46,000 - Then Became an FBI Informant for the Biggest Insider Trading Sting in History

US Elections
fromFortune
3 days ago

Prediction markets have sparked a golden age of insider trading-but the party may be coming to an end | Fortune

Insider trading in prediction markets has surged, raising concerns about unethical betting practices and lack of regulatory oversight.
Law
fromFortune
4 days ago

New top federal enforcer has his sights set on ending insider trading on prediction markets | Fortune

Curbing insider trading on prediction markets is a top priority for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Growth hacking
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

He Ruined His Career for $46,000 - Then Became an FBI Informant for the Biggest Insider Trading Sting in History

Ambiguous performance pressure and unclear ethical boundaries enable ordinary ambitious professionals to cross into illegal activity like insider trading, with severe lifelong consequences.
Artificial intelligence
fromTearsheet
3 days ago

What a bank-client relationship looks like when banks control the data behind the UX - Tearsheet

Grasshopper's Model Context Protocol enables secure AI integration with banking data while maintaining client control and data security.
#money-laundering
SF real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
5 days ago

Nothing to see in Texas: How a Texas court put AML efforts further behind

The U.S. struggles with real estate transparency in the fight against money laundering, facing privacy concerns and political resistance.
fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Spanish police file sets out alleged links between aristocrat's Dublin fintech and drug cartel's money laundering operation

SF real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
5 days ago

Nothing to see in Texas: How a Texas court put AML efforts further behind

The U.S. struggles with real estate transparency in the fight against money laundering, facing privacy concerns and political resistance.
fromIndependent
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Spanish police file sets out alleged links between aristocrat's Dublin fintech and drug cartel's money laundering operation

Europe news
fromIrish Independent
5 days ago

Woman (20s) arrested in probe over fraudulent passports to launder over 160,000

Gardaí arrested a woman and seized documents and a car during a search in south Dublin as part of Operation Skein targeting international fraud.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 days ago

Car finance scandal compensation scheme revealed for millions of UK motorists

The FCA has announced a compensation scheme for 12 million drivers mis-sold car loans, with payouts averaging £830.
#terrorism
France news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

French police make two more arrests over foiled attack on Bank of America

Prosecutors are investigating a suspected link between a foiled attack in Paris and the Iran war due to similarities with recent attacks in Europe.
France news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

France opens probe into suspected attack on Bank of America in Paris

A foiled terrorist attack targeting Bank of America's Paris headquarters was thwarted by police, leading to the arrest of a suspect.
France news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

French police make two more arrests over foiled attack on Bank of America

Prosecutors are investigating a suspected link between a foiled attack in Paris and the Iran war due to similarities with recent attacks in Europe.
France news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

France opens probe into suspected attack on Bank of America in Paris

A foiled terrorist attack targeting Bank of America's Paris headquarters was thwarted by police, leading to the arrest of a suspect.
#prediction-markets
Cryptocurrency
fromFortune
3 days ago

Prediction markets caught insider traders in real time. Congress wants to shut them down anyway | Fortune

Prediction markets expose insider trading issues, offering transparency through blockchain technology, and should not be banned by legislation.
Cryptocurrency
fromFortune
3 days ago

Prediction markets caught insider traders in real time. Congress wants to shut them down anyway | Fortune

Prediction markets expose insider trading issues, offering transparency through blockchain technology, and should not be banned by legislation.
#fraud
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

NS&I set to pay millions to customers over misplaced funds

NS&I is expected to pay hundreds of millions to customers due to failures in managing bereavement-related claims.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
5 days ago

FBI Sting Operation Exposes Crypto Price Rigging Network as 10 Foreign Nationals Charged, Over $1M Seized

Federal crackdown reveals a network of alleged crypto price manipulation, highlighting increased enforcement risks for digital asset firms.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Troubled UK bank fined 2 million for misleading financial watchdog

The Bank of England fined the Bank of London £2 million for misleading regulators and failing to act with integrity amid financial difficulties.
fromWIRED
6 days ago

The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets Flagged

The IRS stated that its fragmented landscape can lead to undesirable outcomes including duplication of effort and cost, poor understanding of gaps in coverage, and suboptimal case selection.
Law
fromIndependent
1 week ago

More than 17,000 in cash returned to gun smuggler after DPP drops money-laundering charges

Conor O'Brien, 29, was sentenced to eleven years in prison for importing military-grade firearms and ammunition, with the final year of his sentence suspended.
UK news
Business
fromBusiness Matters
3 weeks ago

Former RBS manager admits taking 600,000 in bribes from struggling business customers

An RBS Global Restructuring Group manager admitted accepting over £600,000 in bribes from struggling business owners in exchange for favorable treatment between 2012 and 2016.
Privacy technologies
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Customers of three UK banks report being able to see other people's accounts on app

Lloyds Banking Group customers experienced a security breach allowing access to other customers' account details, transactions, and national insurance numbers through their mobile apps on Thursday morning.
fromBBC News
3 weeks ago

'I was pursued for fraud for having two council jobs at once'

I think technology is the main reason it's possible. I don't have to be in the office, in one central place of work - I can see lots of things digitally. But it requires hard work and sacrifice. My employers were pleased with what I was doing and didn't seem to notice that I was managing those two things at the same time.
Remote teams
Information security
fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

AI-driven fraud far more profitable, Interpol warns

AI-enhanced financial fraud schemes are 4.5 times more profitable than non-AI schemes, with criminals using generative AI to improve text quality, create deepfakes, and scale operations efficiently.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Inquiry launched into HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits

The UK's National Audit Office is investigating an HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly stripped 23,794 families of child benefit payments using flawed Home Office travel records that failed to document return journeys.
#fincen
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 week ago

FinCEN's anti-money laundering rule struck down now what?

FinCEN has authority to regulate real estate transactions and enforce reporting requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act.
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

FinCEN anti-money laundering rule struck down in court

The court vacated FinCEN's rule on reporting cash real estate transactions, restoring previous regulations and eliminating compliance burdens for the industry.
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 week ago

FinCEN's anti-money laundering rule struck down now what?

FinCEN has authority to regulate real estate transactions and enforce reporting requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act.
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

FinCEN anti-money laundering rule struck down in court

The court vacated FinCEN's rule on reporting cash real estate transactions, restoring previous regulations and eliminating compliance burdens for the industry.
Business intelligence
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Something big is changing in auditing | Fortune

AI will fundamentally redefine auditing over the next three to five years, with internal audit teams increasingly governing AI models while automation saves up to 40% of audit time.
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

The 'Black Axe' romance fraud boss who had 110,000 in accounts - but still avoided jail

Teddy Osayi was a key operative in a romance fraud scheme that resulted in one victim losing €45,000 and twelve others being scammed.
UK news
Wine
fromSFGATE
3 weeks ago

5 former California execs indicted in grocery store bribery case

Six California alcohol industry executives were indicted for bribing a grocery store buyer with luxury gifts and vacations to secure shelf space for wine products.
Healthcare
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

CHI seeking to recover seven-figure sum in overpayments made to staff

Children's Health Ireland is attempting to recover €1.1 million in payroll overpayments made to staff through its payroll system.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
2 weeks ago

Security Firm Executive Targeted in Sophisticated Phishing Attack

A C-level executive at Outpost24 was targeted by a sophisticated phishing attack using the Kratos phishing-as-a-service kit that exploited legitimate services like Cisco and Nylas to bypass security defenses.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

Toronto man charged in alleged multimillion-dollar investment fraud: York police | CBC News

A 40-year-old Toronto man faces fraud charges for allegedly misappropriating over $2.5 million from at least six investors through his company, Equity Line Service Corporation.
Business intelligence
fromSecuritymagazine
4 weeks ago

AI Security and Forensic Accounting: Protecting Financial Systems in an Automated World

AI-enhanced forensic accounting is essential for detecting financial fraud and payment manipulation in automated financial systems vulnerable to sophisticated, AI-driven attacks.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

'I was pursued for fraud for having two council jobs at once'

Remote work has enabled some public sector employees to secretly hold multiple full-time jobs simultaneously, leading to fraud investigations and contract terminations when discovered.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Police Federation boss arrested on suspicion of corruption

The City of London Police domestic corruption unit are leading a criminal investigation into allegations of fraud made against three individuals connected to the national Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW). A 46-year-old man from Surrey, a 51-year-old man from Wales and a 55-year-old man from Bristol were all arrested on suspicion of fraud by abuse of position.
London politics
Information security
fromTNW | Startups-Technology
3 weeks ago

Cleafy raises 12M to stop bank fraud before it starts

Cleafy raised €12 million in Series B funding to scale predictive fraud defense that identifies attacks days or weeks before transactions occur, rather than responding reactively after fraud happens.
SF real estate
fromtherealdeal.com
1 month ago

Walker & Dunlop reveals it found $134M of fraud

Walker & Dunlop discovered $134 million in fraudulent Freddie Mac loans across three portfolios involving borrower property flipping schemes, with employees no longer at the firm.
#cryptocurrency-fraud
Cryptocurrency
fromBoston.com
4 weeks ago

US attorney going after money forfeited by Mass. resident in romance crypto fraud scheme

Federal prosecutors are seeking to recover over $327,000 in Tether cryptocurrency allegedly laundered through a romance and investment scam targeting a Massachusetts resident.
Cryptocurrency
fromBoston.com
4 weeks ago

US attorney going after money forfeited by Mass. resident in romance crypto fraud scheme

Federal prosecutors are seeking to recover over $327,000 in Tether cryptocurrency allegedly laundered through a romance and investment scam targeting a Massachusetts resident.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Warning criminals are exploiting AI after record number of UK scam reports

UK fraud reports reached record 445,000 in 2025, with identity theft as the most common type, driven by criminals increasingly exploiting artificial intelligence and digital technologies.
#atm-fraud
Law
fromBusiness Matters
2 weeks ago

HMRC investigations into big businesses now last nearly three and a half years on average

HMRC tax investigations into UK's largest companies average 41 months to resolve, with over 2,100 active cases affecting roughly half of Britain's largest enterprises.
Law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
3 weeks ago

Legal Groups Push for Mandatory Disclosure of Litigation Funders

Third-party litigation funders must disclose their involvement in federal civil cases through a proposed amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(A) to establish uniform disclosure requirements across inconsistent federal courts.
UK news
fromCity AM
1 month ago

Banks push for tech giants to share scam ad costs

Social media platforms profit from scam advertisements but contribute nothing to fraud reimbursement costs borne by banks and payment firms.
#deutsche-bank
fromFortune
2 months ago
Germany news

German prosecutors' raid on Deutsche Bank hurts the lender's attempts to leave its long history of compliance failures in the past | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
Germany news

German prosecutors' raid on Deutsche Bank hurts the lender's attempts to leave its long history of compliance failures in the past | Fortune

Law
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Priest had almost 50,000 stolen from personal account in scam trying to pay broadband

A parish priest lost nearly €50,000 to an online banking scam while attempting to pay a broadband connection fee, claiming inadequate bank security measures.
Miscellaneous
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

At least 3.7m unaccounted for as liquidators appointed to investment firm

Provisional liquidators were appointed to Strand Investments & Finance Ltd (123 Financial Services) after suspected misappropriation left at least €3.7m unaccounted and clients affected.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Everybody Loves Our Dollars by Oliver Bullough review a jaw-dropping expose of money laundering

In April 2024, the value of all the dollar bills in circulation reached an all-time high of $2.345tn, and may well be even more than that by now. The total value of dollars in the world has doubled every decade since the 1970s. Similarly, there are 1.552tn euro notes in circulation, while most other currencies the British pound, the Japanese yen, the Swiss franc and so on are all at something like their highest levels in history.
World news
US politics
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

FNF disputes magistrate judge's support for FinCEN's AML rule

FNF sued FinCEN and the Treasury asserting a reporting rule for all-cash home purchases is arbitrary, exceeds authority, treats lawful sales as suspicious, and imposes massive costs.
#financial-crime
Law
fromReadWrite
1 month ago

Bondi Junction solicitor accused of $15M gambling fraud

A Sydney solicitor allegedly siphoned AUD 15 million from client accounts over nearly two years to cover gambling losses, resulting in serious criminal charges.
Law
fromReadWrite
1 month ago

Bondi Junction solicitor accused of $15M gambling fraud

A Sydney solicitor allegedly siphoned AUD 15 million from client accounts over nearly two years to cover gambling losses, resulting in serious criminal charges.
US news
fromReadWrite
2 months ago

FBI seeking Michael Marasigan for illegal gambling and fraud

Michael Lizaso Marasigan is wanted for violating pretrial release after conviction for illegal gambling, money laundering, and wire fraud in a $34 million fraud.
fromFortune
1 month ago

Bretton AI raises $75 million to use AI to combat financial crime | Fortune

After working on the compliance team at the stablecoin infrastructure company Paxos, Lawrence decided to ride the generative AI wave and enter one of the first Y Combinator batches after the launch of ChatGPT. His thesis was that anti-money laundering and know-your-customer compliance operations would be one of the breakout use cases for applying AI to financial services. Lawrence's bet turned out to be prescient.
Venture
US politics
fromAxios
1 month ago

Integrity faces a critical moment of peril

Incentives across markets, media, sports, and politics increasingly reward ethical boundary-pushing and gaming systems, eroding trust and encouraging manufactured realities.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Bay Area bank employee and two others accused of robbery scheme

Three suspects were arrested for allegedly conspiring to rob Novato bank customers, with $160,000 seized and one suspect employed at the bank.
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Alanna, Settlor partner on FinCEN compliance options

Interoperability is something the title industry needs now more than ever. Our clients consistently tell us that being able to work with the banks, the underwriters and the technology providers they trust most often on a file-by-file basis is critical to their success, he said. That usually means something different from business to business, market to market and order to order. One firm may need one combination of technologies and underwriters for their needs, while the next may want a completely different blend.
Real estate
Business
fromForbes
2 months ago

Is Overseas Banking A Good Idea? Here Are The Pros And Cons

Overseas banking provides digital, transparent means of diversifying assets and hedging against domestic economic instability for global entrepreneurs, nomads, and cautious investors.
US politics
fromChicago Tribune
2 years ago

Ex-city official gets 18 months in prison for role concealing multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme that led to Bridgeport bank collapse

A former city official received 18 months in prison for conspiring to falsify bank records and conceal insider loans that contributed to a bank's failure.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Suspects arrested in Livermore pray with me' scam

The theft was reported outside a business in the 1600 block of North Vasco Road. The victim, a Livermore resident, told police that a woman in a car asked to pray together, held her hands, and slipped replica gold jewelry onto her wrist. After the woman drove off, the victim realized her real gold bracelet, worth more than $500, was gone, police said.
California
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

How to Comply with FinCEN Without Break Your Operations (or Budget)

FinCEN's Residential Real Estate Rule, effective March 1, 2026, requires title and escrow teams to file file-by-file AML reports and embed compliance into core workflows.
Business
fromDataBreaches.Net
2 months ago

JPMorgan Claims Ex-Advisor In Fla. Stole Trade Secrets To Poach Clients For LPL - DataBreaches.Net

JPMorgan seeks a temporary restraining order alleging former advisor Kevin J. Sercia stole confidential client information to solicit clients to join LPL Financial.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Lib Dems urge FCA to investigate Peter Mandelson over potential insider trading

The FCA is being urged to investigate Peter Mandelson over alleged leaks to Jeffrey Epstein that may have enabled insider trading and financial gain.
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

PropLogix launches FinCEN reporting service for title agents

FinCEN reporting isn't optional, and it isn't something agencies can afford to get wrong, said David Daley, vice president of product at PropLogix.
Real estate
Information security
fromSecuritymagazine
2 months ago

How Banks Can Protect Their Most Valuable Asset: Customers

Banks must secure money, property, data, and reputation because incidents—crime, insider misuse, fraud, or IT failures—threaten safety, customer trust, regulatory standing, and brand.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Six arrested in 300m social housing fraud probe

Six people arrested in an estimated 300m bribery and fraud probe into the former management of Home REIT after raids linked to the firm's collapse.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Financial services worker jailed for deception and impersonating a garda takes unfair dismissal case

Company says it learnt of employee's incarceration from newspaper articles
Law
fromABA Journal
2 months ago

Client accuses Willkie of conspiring to commit $735M fraud scheme

In a complaint filed in New York state court Tuesday, BRC Group Holdings said Willkie allegedly helped former Franchise Group Inc. CEO Brian Kahn hide federal investigations into earlier fraudulent conduct while assisting with a take-private deal that involved both clients. According to Law.com, BRC Group Holdings also alleged that Willkie and Kahn worked together to hide crucial information and move the deal forward, which caused BRC Group Holdings to lose $735 million and Franchise Group to go bankrupt in 2024.
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