Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (KOLO) – The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying a person of interest involved in the unlawful use of a credit card at the Walmart on Grant Avenue in Gardnerville. Investigators say it The…
Fraud forces more than four million people to cancel bank cards
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Around one in 10 people had to cancel a credit or debit card in the last year after falling victim to fraud, according to a new study. The survey of more than 2,000 people found that in 62% of cases The…
Woman pleads guilty in Virginia unemployment fraud scheme
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A North Carolina woman accused of collecting $130,000 in a Virginia unemployment fraud scheme pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to charges of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Paula Lane — who is also known as Paula Hipps The…
MasterCard Seeks To Stop Online Fraud With Selfies, Fingerprints
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans MasterCard plans to launch new biometric technology for verifying customer identities during online shopping transactions in the coming weeks with merchants and banks. The company has been testing facial and fingerprint recognition software, called Identity Check, in the Netherlands, Canada The…
Siblings Arrested For Credit Card Fraud
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A man and his sister have been arrested for running a credit card fraud racket and they were found to be in possession data about over 2 lakh SBI customers. Ajay Kumar and Kavita were arrested from Uttam Nagar on The…
Teen accused of posing as doctor arrested in Stafford on fraud charges
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A teenager who made national news earlier this year after being arrested for practicing medicine without a license, as well as other offenses in Florida, has been arrested again, this time in Stafford County. Malachi A. Love–Robinson, 19, who is The…
Scammers sent to the slammer for romance and secret shopping fraud
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Seven online fraudsters who duped victims out of their money through fake checks, online dating and mystery shopper scams have been sentenced. On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had sentenced 7 defendants – one from The…
Nigerian man, 6 others sentenced to prison for online fraud schemes
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Six U.S. citizens and a Nigerian national were sentenced Tuesday to federal prison for their roles in online fraud schemes that distributed more than $40 million in counterfeit checks using “mystery shopper” websites and work-from-home scams. The criminal enterprise was The…
Dealing With Fraud Prevention In The Travel Industry
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A card not present transaction also known as MO/TO (Mail Order/Telephone Order) is a payment card transaction made where the cardholder does not or cannot physically present the card to a merchant for order verification such as for transactions by The…
Cheyenne Police Seek Vehicle Burglary, Credit Card Fraud Suspects Caught on Camera Read More: Cheyenne Police Seek Vehicle Burglary, Credit Card Fraud Suspects Caught on Camera
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Cheyenne Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man and woman who are suspects in a vehicle burglary and credit card fraud case that occurred between August 20-22. The two were caught on surveillance video walking The…