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20 MAY 2012
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Fraud Watch is the premier title reporting on fraud and money laundering in financial services. Providing a daily news service, it publishes contributed articles from industry experts; it reports extensively on the latest compliance requirements, laws and regulatory changes, and gives very wide coverage of the latest court cases, ongoing investigations and fraud threats. It reports on security issues, including data, PCI requirements, systems security, diagnostics and forensics.

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Friday, 18 May 2012

21-month sentences for debt company directors
Pair gave misleading promises of help for failing businesses Read more ...

 
     

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The dangers of mobile malware and what steps to take to stop it

An "ethical hacker's view" from Jaime Blasco, head of Labs at AlienVault
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News - Company newsFriday, 18 May 2012

US social security rolls out fraud prevention services
Partnership to safeguard new online social security statement Read more ...

News - Court casesThursday, 17 May 2012

Italian opposition ex-leader in fraud probe
Investigation into party widens Read more ...

article thumbnail News - ResearchWednesday, 16 May 2012

Organisations worldwide lose 5% of revenues to fraud
Latest figures from ACFE global survey Read more ...

article thumbnail News - Money launderingTuesday, 15 May 2012

Record ML flows put pressure on Swiss
Arab Spring increases suspicious money
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News - Company newsMonday, 14 May 2012

Former Mossad agent helps Poles fight fraud
Office opened in Warsaw Read more ...

News - InvestigationsMonday, 14 May 2012

Deutsche Bank admits mortgage fraud
Bank agrees US$202m settlement
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article thumbnail News - Insider dealingFriday, 11 May 2012

Gupta trial: Prosecutors seek to have recorded calls played
Case due to be heard from May 21 Read more ...

News - Cards and PaymentsFriday, 11 May 2012

International card fraud ring busted in Canada
Members used Bluetooth to access POS devices Read more ...

article thumbnail News - Employee fraudThursday, 10 May 2012

The reasons behind staff fraud increase
Report on growing issue Read more ...

article thumbnail News - Cards and PaymentsThursday, 10 May 2012

Big change in Europe fraud landscape
Report and figures Read more ...

News - Company news
US social security rolls out fraud prevention services
Administrator - Friday, 18 May 2012

Jobs & People - Jobs & People
Trusteer recruits senior security specialist
Administrator - Thursday, 17 May 2012

News - Court cases
Italian opposition ex-leader in fraud probe
Administrator - Thursday, 17 May 2012

News - Research
Organisations worldwide lose 5% of revenues to fraud
Administrator - Wednesday, 16 May 2012

News - Money laundering
Record ML flows put pressure on Swiss
Administrator - Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Jobs & People - Jobs & People
New payments system integrity officer at MasterCard
Administrator - Tuesday, 15 May 2012

News - Company news
Former Mossad agent helps Poles fight fraud
Administrator - Monday, 14 May 2012

News - Investigations
Deutsche Bank admits mortgage fraud
Administrator - Monday, 14 May 2012

News - Insider dealing
Gupta trial: Prosecutors seek to have recorded calls played
Administrator - Friday, 11 May 2012

News - Cards and Payments
International card fraud ring busted in Canada
Administrator - Friday, 11 May 2012

News - Employee fraud
The reasons behind staff fraud increase
Administrator - Thursday, 10 May 2012

News - Cards and Payments
Europe’s changing card fraud landscape
Administrator - Thursday, 10 May 2012

Events - General
Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery
Administrator - Thursday, 10 May 2012

Events - General
Anti-Corruption West Africa Edition
Administrator - Thursday, 10 May 2012

Events - General
Anti-Corruption Southern Africa
Administrator - Wednesday, 09 May 2012

News - Court cases
Insurance firm gets £3.5m fine
Administrator - Wednesday, 09 May 2012

News - Money laundering
Philippines struggles to meet FATF deadline
Administrator - Tuesday, 08 May 2012

News - Court cases
Shareholders sue phone giant over alleged fraud
Administrator - Tuesday, 08 May 2012

News - Cybercrime
Cyberattack takes out UK crime agency site
Administrator - Thursday, 03 May 2012

News - Data security
Data hackers demand ‘idiot tax’ from bank
Administrator - Thursday, 03 May 2012

News - Money laundering
West African countries “failing” in AML fight
Administrator - Wednesday, 02 May 2012

News - Research
London deposed as UK ID fraud capital
Administrator - Wednesday, 02 May 2012

News - Court cases
Death sentence quashed on Chinese entrepreneur
Administrator - Tuesday, 01 May 2012

News - Bribery and corruption
Former Greek bank chief gets eight years
Administrator - Tuesday, 01 May 2012

News - Cards and Payments
Agencies take down 36 card fraud sites
Administrator - Friday, 27 April 2012

News - Risk
Nearly 40% of auditors expect to find fraud at clients in 2012
Administrator - Friday, 27 April 2012

News - Court cases
US retail giant at centre of Mexico allegations
Administrator - Thursday, 26 April 2012

News - Research
“Rocketing” UK fraud levels driven by data
Administrator - Thursday, 26 April 2012

News - Research
Russian cybercrime market doubles in size
Administrator - Wednesday, 25 April 2012

News - Regulation
FSA contacts 76,000 fraud list targets
Administrator - Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Events - General
Anti Corruption London
Administrator - Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Events - General
Effective Fraud Management & Forensic Investigation
Administrator - Wednesday, 25 April 2012

News - Cards and Payments
Phishing and malware attacks “enabling cheque fraud”
Administrator - Tuesday, 24 April 2012

News - Investigations
Twins charged over robot share tips scam
Administrator - Tuesday, 24 April 2012

News - Cards and Payments
ECB sets out plan to beef up e-payment security
Administrator - Monday, 23 April 2012

News - Investigations
"School for fraud" orchestrated Chinese scams
Administrator - Monday, 23 April 2012

News - Research
Boiler room fraud attempts on the rise, says FSA
Administrator - Friday, 20 April 2012

News - Money laundering
Kenya to set up AML centre
Administrator - Friday, 20 April 2012

News - Court cases
Links page
Administrator - Saturday, 16 January 2010

News - Bribery and corruption
Fraud Watch comment: India corruption protest shows power of social media
Administrator - Thursday, 25 August 2011

News - Cards and Payments
Comment: Counterfeit fraud - the dangers of over-confidence
Administrator - Friday, 15 April 2011

News - Bribery and corruption
Fraud Watch Comment: What about Wimbledon?
Administrator - Monday, 31 January 2011

News - Money laundering
Fraud Watch comment: Fine for MLRO highlights personal responsibilities
Administrator - Monday, 07 June 2010

News - Risk
New boss for global securities rules body
Administrator - Tuesday, 06 March 2012

News - Cards and Payments
Europe’s changing card fraud landscape
Administrator - Thursday, 10 May 2012

News - Research
London deposed as UK ID fraud capital
Administrator - Wednesday, 02 May 2012

News - Research
Fraud estimated to cost UK £73bn a year
Administrator - Friday, 30 March 2012

News - Research
Organisations worldwide lose 5% of revenues to fraud
Administrator - Wednesday, 16 May 2012

News - Investigations
Italian political party investigated for fraud
Administrator - Wednesday, 04 April 2012

News - Cybercrime
New York is top for online frauds
Administrator - Wednesday, 18 April 2012

News - Court cases
Serious Fraud Office CEO quits
Administrator - Thursday, 19 April 2012

News - Research
Russian cybercrime market doubles in size
Administrator - Wednesday, 25 April 2012

News - Research
“Rocketing” UK fraud levels driven by data
Administrator - Thursday, 26 April 2012

News - Court cases
Comment: Latest warnings on data hacks fail to get through
Administrator - Wednesday, 18 January 2012

News - Data security
EU to investigate Google data policy
Administrator - Thursday, 01 March 2012

News - Money laundering
Greek ex-minister held on ML charges
Administrator - Tuesday, 17 April 2012

News - Court cases
FedEx sues New York Attorney General
Administrator - Wednesday, 25 August 2010

News - Research
Good news and bad news from UK fraud figures
Administrator - Wednesday, 07 March 2012

Features - RiskThursday, 03 May 2012

Has customer control made banks vulnerable?

An interview on the future payment risk challenges for banks was clearly going to be interesting. Especially as Sriram Natarajan has 21 years’ experience working for among others Amex, HSBC and GE Money. Read his hugely thought provoking take on how enabling the customer to choose how they access their accounts has made banks vulnerable. Read more ...

article thumbnail Features - ComplianceThursday, 12 April 2012

Fraud Watch Comment
Will it take a massive fine for firms to act on Bribery?

The UK Financial Services Authority says that, despite the introduction of the Bribery Act last July, over half the investment banks whose systems it reviewed had a severe lack of anti-bribery controls currently in place. Read more ...

article thumbnail Features - TechnologyFriday, 23 March 2012

Neural networks – big brother is watching you
Andy Morris of ACI Worldwide's risk business solutions group, looks at how financial organisations could be using neural networks to detect suspicious behaviour and stop fraud in its tracks Read more ...

article thumbnail Features - Data securityWednesday, 14 March 2012

Comment: Privacy and Facebook Timeline
Facebook’s Timeline interface is currently been rolled out across all users whether they want it or not. Kim Walker, Data Protection Partner for law firm Thomas Eggar provides Facebook users with advice on protecting their privacy before their Timeline goes live. Read more ...

article thumbnail Features - Employee fraudMonday, 27 February 2012

What can Organisations do to combat the Insider Threat?
SailPoint has recently released their survey results regarding employee behavior with respect to corporate data. An interesting figure indicates that 24% of the surveyed Brits mentioned they would copy electronic data and files to take with them when they leave a company. Article by Amichai Shulman, CTO of Imperva. Read more ...

 
     
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