BlogIt’s Tax Fraud SeasonJanuary 21, 2016 by Brendan Brothers With the holiday season behind us and the new year underway, it’s time to prepare for a brand new season—the 2016 tax filing season. Over the next few months, fraudsters will exploit the personal information of thousands of U.S. taxpayers... |
InfographicSynthetic Identity FraudHow are synthetic identities created and exploited in financial institutions? Highlights: Identity Fraud and SSN Hackers and Data Breaches Synthetic Identity Fraud How Financial Institutions... |
Archived WebinarACAMS Webinar: Crime Rings Have Grown to a Prevalent and Formidable ThreatOriginally Presented: November 6, 2015 “VERY impressive. Lots of great information by presenters with great skills. This presentation ranks as one of the best presentations I have attended in 2015!”... |
InfographicAnatomy of a Million Dollar Crime RingHighlights: How much can a crime ring generate in illicit funds? What types of fraudulent activities are funding crime rings? Are risky entities using identity... |
InfographicRed Flags for New Account FraudCriminals are finding new ways to perpetrate fraud through new accounts, including the use of stolen or synthetic identities. This infographic highlights the challenges of... |
Blog10 Ploys Fraudsters Use to Commit Identity FraudJune 26, 2015 by Denise Hutchings Financial Criminals and SSNs Make a Bad Combination A Social Security number (SSN), which supposedly distinguishes one person’s identity from another, is a key piece of information for a financial institution’s Customer Due Diligence (CDD) process and opening bank accounts.... |
Infographic12 Red Flags for Funnel Accounts Used to Launder MoneyIllegal accounts that funnel “dirty” money made from crimes, such as human trafficking, human smuggling, and drug trafficking, are on the rise. These accounts are... |
White PaperFinancial Institutions Face High Expectations to Detect and Report Invisible Victims of Human Trafficking and SmugglingIn this white paper, Chris Swecker discusses two particularly detestable criminal industries, Human Trafficking and Human Smuggling, that produce significant illicit proceeds that inevitably move... |
InfographicHow Do Criminals Get Debit Card Data?Criminals are more sophisticated than ever before. Global criminal enterprises are executing attacks involving thousands of cards and accessing massive amounts of card data. This... |
White PaperThe Rise of Eurasian Financial Criminal Enterprises: The New MafiaChris Swecker (retired Executive Assistant Director, FBI and former Global Security Director, Bank of America) has published an eye-opening white paper on “The New Mafia”,... |