Blog6 Indicators of Employee Fraud for Financial InstitutionsAugust 2, 2019 by Verafin The threat of Employee Fraud is on the rise, as financial institutions are increasingly being targeted by internal fraudsters that take advantage of their positions for personal gain. With access to customers’ personal identification information, consumer and corporate bank accounts,... |
BlogElder Financial Abuse: SAR TrendsJune 12, 2019 by Verafin In February 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a study on elder financial abuse, Suspicious Activity Reports on Elder Financial Exploitation: Issues and Trends. The study utilizes information from Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to identify emerging trends in... |
BlogUnreal Identities Leading to Real CrimesFebruary 4, 2019 by Verafin Synthetic identity fraud has become a vehicle for fraudsters to commit a host of financial crimes, such as account fraud, loan fraud or online banking fraud. Criminals combine real and fabricated identification information to create synthetic or fake identities which... |
BlogHow financial institutions can help end elder financial exploitationJune 18, 2018 by Verafin Elder financial exploitation (EFE) may be the crime of the 21st century. The available numbers paint a scary picture: one 2015 report indicated seniors are defrauded of nearly $36.5 Billion annually, over 12 times the amount previously reported. In August... |
BlogBuilding momentum in the fight against human traffickingJanuary 9, 2018 by Verafin Throughout 2017 awareness of human trafficking as a modern human tragedy — orchestrated by criminal organizations on a global scale — continued to grow. Equally important, there was an increased recognition of the vital role financial crime investigators at financial... |
BlogIndustry alert: NACHA warns of risks in C2C ACH DebitsNovember 28, 2017 by Verafin NACHA has turned the risk spotlight on Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C — also known as Account-to-Account (A2A) or Peer-to-Peer (P2P)) debit payments again. Over the past six months we have seen a steady flow of warnings within the industry about the dangers... |
BlogU.S. Court Case: 60 Funnel Accounts Used by Heroin Trafficking OrganizationSeptember 27, 2017 by Denise Hutchings “Narcotics traffickers will attempt to create elaborate financial networks in an effort to launder illegal drug proceeds.” (James Dorsey, Acting Special Agent in Charge IRS Criminal Investigation, June 2017) Heroin Trafficking Organizations Targeted by OFAC In May 2017, Treasury Secretary... |
BlogACH Payments: Mitigating the Risks of Faster FraudJune 12, 2017 by Verafin ACH payments have become one of the primary means of noncash payment in the past fifteen years. As consumers demand more convenience and flexibility in their banking options — these popular electronic money transfers create potential risks for your financial institution.... |
BlogU.S. Court Case: 9 Banks and 50 Bank Accounts Exploited by Human Trafficking RingFebruary 21, 2017 by Denise Hutchings “Follow the money and you will find the trafficker… Financial investigation plays a crucial role in successful investigation of trafficking in persons.” An outstanding financial investigation which was conducted in the recent prosecution of a U.S. based human trafficking ring... |
BlogThousands of Human Trafficking Arrests in the U.S. Plus Recent Money Flow to Human Smuggling HubsApril 5, 2016 by Denise Hutchings “Human trafficking is not a problem that law enforcement can tackle alone. It requires the close collaboration with many concerned groups looking at this crime through different lenses.” (Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.) Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance advocates... |