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Use a multilayered approach to prevent and detect fraud in state government agencies
A fraudulent invoice sent to a state police agency exposes the challenges that state agencies often face in preventing fraud. The author recounts this case of invoice fraud to Fraud Magazine and provides strategies for state agencies to better protect themselves against such schemes.
Written By: Ryan Durbin, D.B.A., CFE
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- Financial Transactions and Fraud Schemes
- Fraud Prevention and Deterrence
- Government Fraud
Hackers cash out in Bybit crypto heist and more
Hackers cash out $300 million from attack on crypto exchange, Bybit; fraud concerns plague academic journals; student loan fraud in the U.K.
Written By: John Duffley
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- Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets
- Financial Transactions and Fraud Schemes
- Government Fraud
Statement on fraud risk and enforcement priorities in the U.S.
ACFE CEO John Warren, J.D., CFE, discusses the new presidential administration's policies and executive orders regarding anti-fraud laws and enforcement.
Written By: John Warren, J.D., CFE
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- Anti-Fraud Laws Regulations and Compliance
- Fraud Prevention and Deterrence
- Government Fraud
Investigating the investigators, no profit in tragedy for identity thieves and more
Written By: Jennifer Liebman, CFE
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- Consumer Fraud and Scams
- Government Fraud
- Identity Theft
Cracking the center
According to the United Nations, an estimated 200,000 people have been trafficked into cyber scam centers where they’re forced to commit fraud schemes, causing billions of dollars in losses worldwide. Fraud Magazine talks to experts fighting on the frontlines against forced criminality about what it will take to disrupt these cyber scam operations and what fraud examiners can do to help.
Written By: Jennifer Liebman, CFE
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- Cyberfraud
- Fraud Investigation and Examination
- Government Fraud
Flexing instead of curtsying
Former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez talks about concealing spies’ true identities as they ply their trade, rising through the ranks as a woman in a male-dominated field, and the important differences between fraud fighters and undercover agents.
Written By: Jennifer Liebman, CFE
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- Career and Professional Development
- Ethics
- Government Fraud
Defiant together
Jennifer Griffith, CFE, and Sarah Carver, CFE, spent years informing their superiors in the U.S. Social Security Administration office where they worked about an operation between a lawyer and an administrative law judge to fraudulently approve thousands of disability claims. But instead of rewarding them for uncovering a massive fraud, their bosses retaliated against them. Carver and Griffith talk to Fraud Magazine about their journey as whistleblowers and their courage to fight for the truth even when the odds were stacked against them.
Written By: Jennifer Liebman, CFE
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- Fraud Investigation and Examination
- Government Fraud
- Whistleblowing and Hotlines
Ukraine alleges $40 million defense procurement fraud and more
Ukraine accuses Ministry of Defense and arms supplier of $40 million fraud; hundreds of sub-postmasters in the U.K. falsely convicted by the U.K. Post Office; and ESPN staff members illicitly secure Emmys for "College GameDay" on-air personnel.
Written By: Anna Brahce
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- Fraud Risk Management
- Government Fraud
- Technology
Crushing fraud in the U.K.
Fraud now accounts for more than 40% of all crime in the United Kingdom. Here we explore what’s behind this proliferation of fraud in England and Wales and what anti-fraud experts say the government must do to crush it.
Written By: Jennifer Liebman, CFE
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- Cyberfraud
- Fraud Risk Management
- Government Fraud
Fraudsters fake diversity hires to win contracts and more
A Manhattan construction company fakes diversity hires to win government contracts; Jalisco drug cartel members scam elderly U.S. citizens with timeshare scam; and the U.K. government fights fraud with new investigative team.
Written By: Anna Brahce
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- Financial Transactions and Fraud Schemes
- Fraud Prevention and Deterrence
- Government Fraud
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