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FinCEN’s $13 Billion Scam Center Alert: What Banks Need to Know About the Fastest-Growing Financial Crime Threat

FinCEN Targets $17.5 Billion in Suspected Health Care Fraud

On September 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has identified approximately $17.5 billion in suspiciou...

£17.5M in fake returns, a flight to Dubai, and a fraud judgment that survives bankruptcy

The statements said Goldman Sachs. The money went somewhere else entirely

DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division Focuses on Government Program Fraud: What Recipients of Federal Funds Need to...

Auto finance fraud reaches $10.4 billion as criminals shift from theft: NICB

Synthetic identities, AI-faked pay stubs and fraudulent theft claims are driving a surge in auto lending fraud that increasingly reaches insurers.

Fraud Without a Fraudster! (Abdul Aziz)

Fraud used to leave clues: a new device, an unusual IP, a login from somewhere the customer had neve...

The check fraud pattern costing agencies money every week

The fraud risk the industry is least equipped to handle, and the payments reality most people in insurance have wrong

SEC Alleges Man Defrauded Law Enforcement Members In South Florida Scheme

The SEC accused Michael Williams of misleading investors with fake trading profits for managed funds while spending the money on luxury cars, jewelry and vacations.

"The fraud is us": insurer says it shouldn't have to cover brand's fake fraud-alert email

The email said "fraud alert." The fraud was the email itself

Fraudscape 2026: Six fraud trends that deserve closer attention (Ben O'Brien)

Cifas recorded 220,041 fraud-risk cases in the first half of 2026, just 1% up on the same period las...

Scammers fake student identities to siphon aid payments

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is warning payment processors and financial institutions “to be vigilant” of the fraud schemes.

New Central Data-Sharing Unit Takes Aim at Fraud

Fraudsters rarely operate within the boundaries of a single agency or jurisdiction, but the information needed to stop them often does. The new National Fraud Enforcement Division...

FinCEN Asks Banks to Step Up Efforts at Detecting Student Aid Fraud

Weston bookkeeper charged in $929K fraud case

A Weston bookkeeper faces felony fraud charges after an audit found about $929,000 in alleged unauthorized payments from a Wausau-area business. The post Weston bookkeeper charged...

Affinity Fraud and the Limits of “Trust”: Lessons for Florida Businesses from United States v. Heppner

Affinity fraud, an investment fraud scheme that exploits the trust within a shared community, faith, or professional network, remains one of the most persistent and damaging invest...

Fake invoices, bogus sales: Former Cleveland executive accused of $5 million theft

John Siefert, of Highland Heights, faces two counts of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return in federal court.

DOJ’s Newest Division Takes on the “Fraud Epidemic” with Aggressive New Tactics

Finance leaders fight deepfakes

Corporate finance departments are grappling with AI-enabled fraud, according to the results of a new survey by Early Warning Services’ Certos.

One Fraud Division, Many Enforcement Questions: What DOJ's National Fraud Enforcement Division Means for Companies

The US Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) published a final rule on August 18, 2026 (Final Rule) formalizing the National Fraud Enforcement Division (Fraud Division) establi...

DOJ Fraud Division Orders Broader, Faster Enforcement

On October 7, 2026, Colin M. McDonald, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, issued a memorandum highlighting the Fraud Di...

How to prevent elder fraud and financial abuse

  Americans over the age of 60 reported $7.7 billion in total fraud losses in 2025, up 59% from 2024 to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. The a...

Undetected HR Identity Fraud Compromises Company Networks

Synthetic identity fraud: The scam that’s fooling lenders

Get to know the signs of this new form of scam that combines real and fake information to create a whole new identity. The post Synthetic identity fraud: The scam that’s fooling le...

Treasury tallies $270M in suspicious financial aid transactions

The department flagged the potentially fraudulent activity as it seeks to stop criminals from stealing student financial aid payments.