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Fraud: the use of dishonesty, deception, or false representation in order to gain a material advantage or to injure the interests of others. Types of fraud include false accounting, theft, third...; Fraud definition on BNET »

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Interthinx® Mortgage Loan File Review Business Sees Explosive Growth, Bolsters Automated Fraud Detection: A 400 percent increase in business puts fraudulent findings from more than 4,000 loan file reviews per month directly into FraudGUARD[R] for the benefit of mortgage lenders SAN FRANCISCO -- Agoura Hills, Calif.-based Interthinx[R] announced from the 95th Annual Mortgage Bankers Association's Conference and Expo that, due to historic...; Tags: FINANCE, fraud, ISO, Mortgages, Quality, tool; Research articles 2008-10-20
CCAGW PAC Endorses Jim Gilmore for U.S. Senate: WASHINGTON -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee CCAGW PAC today announced its endorsement of former Governor Jim Gilmore for election to the U.S. Senate from Virginia. "Jim Gilmore has served the citizens of Virginia with distinction and has an outstanding record of fiscal discipline...; Tags: CAREER, fraud, Governor, INTERNET, Leadership, Litigation, U.S. Senate, Virginia; Research articles 2008-10-15
CCAGW PAC Endorses David Schweikert for Arizona's 5th District: WASHINGTON -- The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee CCAGW PAC today announced its endorsement of David Schweikert for Congress in Arizona's fifth Congressional District. Mr. Schweikert is running against Rep. Harry Mitchell. "David Schweikert is a true fiscal conservative who has pledged to reduce the...; Tags: Arizona, Council, FINANCE, fraud, Government, Litigation, Rep., SOFTWARE, Taxes, U.S. Congress, Washington; Research articles 2008-10-15
Kansas City U.S. Attorney Wood creates position to fight corporate: Kansas City U.S. Attorney John Wood on Thursday announced the creation of a position to help his office fight corporate fraud and other white-collar crimes. Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Dan Nelson will serve as Securities Fraud Coordinator. Nelson will be the principal securities fraud contact for...; Tags: attorney, FINANCE, financial, fraud, Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Wood; Research articles 2008-10-10
Corporate, Government and Academic Leaders Unite to Fight Cyber Crime, Identity Theft and other Identity Management Challenges: Indiana University, U.S. Secret Service, LexisNexis, IBM, Cogent Systems, Visa and Intersections Collaborate to form Center for Applied Identity Management Research WASHINGTON -- An unprecedented coalition of leading corporate, government and academic institutions today announced the formation of the Center for Applied Identity Management Research CAIMR. CAIMR is focused...; Tags: Authentication/Encryption, financial, fraud, Indiana University, LexisNexis, partnership, SECURITY, U.S. Secret Service; Research articles 2008-10-07

New York targets Insurance fraud statewide: A recent crackdown on unemployment insurance fraud has resulted in 45 arrests and $237,000 in collections in seven counties, state Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced at a press conference in Buffalo on Tuesday. Most of the defendants illegally collected unemployment insurance benefits while earning a paycheck, Smith...; Tags: arrest, fraud, insurance, Litigation, U.S. Department of Labor; Research articles 2008-09-24
Rep. Fattah: Step Up FBI Probe of Mortgage Fraud: WASHINGTON -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a member of the House Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies, which oversees discretionary spending of the Justice Department, FBI and other agencies, issues the following statement: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation and its director,...; Tags: agency, director, FBI, financial, fraud, Government; Research articles 2008-09-24
US names 2 Credit Suisse brokers in bln-dlr subprime fraud: WASHINGTON AFP — US regulators filed civil fraud charges against two Credit Suisse brokers, alleging they made more than one billion dollars in unauthorized purchases of subprime-related securities. Named in the complaint by the Securities and Exchange Commission were Julian Tzolov and Eric Butler, who had been working in...; Tags: Credit Suisse Group AG, fraud, SEC, SECURITY; Research articles 2008-09-03
US suspends refugee program after DNA fraud: WASHINGTON AFP — The United States on Wednesday suspended a program aimed at reuniting refugees from mainly East Africa with relatives in the United States after DNA testing revealed rampant fraud. Only about one of five tested "could show that family relationship," State Department spokesman Robert Wood said when...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Biotechnology, DNA, fraud, Litigation, U.S., U.S. Department of State, Wood; Research articles 2008-08-20
11 charged in connection with hacking, identity theft: Eleven people, including a U.S. Secret Service informant, have been charged in connection with the hacking of nine major retailers and the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. The data breach is believed to be the...; Tags: bank, computer, fraud, hacking, Litigation, PRODUCTIVITY, Retail, SECURITY, U.S., U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Secret Service, Ukraine; Research articles 2008-08-06
Jordan's first woman party leader nabbed for fraud: AMMAN AFP — The first woman to lead a Jordanian political party has been arrested over claims she manufactured and sold unlicenced medicine, a security official said on Tuesday. "Mona Hussein Abu Bakr was arrested on Monday night over fraud and violation of the food and drugs law after...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, fraud, leader, Litigation, Manufacturing; Research articles 2008-08-05
Merrill Lynch faces fraud charges: The top securities regulator in Massachusetts charged Merrill Lynch with fraud Thursday, claiming the brokerage giant knowingly misled investors in the auction-rate securities market, which ground to an unexpected halt in February. The action is the latest evidence that state and federal regulators are aggressively probing...; Tags: bond, FINANCE, fraud, Investment, investor, Massachusetts, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., SECURITY, UBS AG; Research articles 2008-08-01
10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds medical insurance fraud: It was just "a good old-fashioned insurance scam," Oklahoma City attorney Mark Engel said of an Indiana health insurer's undisclosed payment policy that left his Oklahoma client owing thousands of dollars for his cancer diagnosis and treatment. A federal jury awarded John Cook $1.1 million, split evenly between...; Tags: FINANCE, fraud, Insurance, payment, U.S. Circuit Court; Research articles 2008-07-28
With industry in chaos, fraud detection is focus: Agoura Hills Company helps comb through applications: June 19, 2008: The FBI Los Angeles office announces the formation of a multi-agency task force to deal with mortgage fraud. Called SCAM, the task force includes nine federal agencies that have partnered to investigate a variety of mortgage and housing fraud. On the same day, the national FBI...; Tags: FBI, fraud, Government, Litigation; Research articles 2008-07-21
Moneygram agrees to pay for consumer education: Oklahoma and 43 other states have reached an agreement with Moneygram requiring the company to establish a $1.1 million consumer- education fund to be overseen by the AARP Foundation. Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson said the program is aimed at protecting wire-transfer consumers from fraud and scams. ...; Tags: AARP, agreement, education, fraud, Litigation, Oklahoma; Research articles 2008-07-07
Mongolia parties end talks without agreement: ULAN BATOR AFP — Mongolia's political parties ended talks Sunday failing to agree on how to address complaints over last week's elections after allegations of fraud led to deadly riots in the capital. Yondon Otgonbayar, secretary general of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party MPRP, told AFP the talks would...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, agreement, fraud, Litigation, violence; Research articles 2008-07-06
Local briefs: 5 held in pounds 200k fraud probe: FIVE people were arrested by West Yorkshire Police following raids on three addresses in connection with organised fraud. The detectives targeted addresses in Bradford, Baildon and Wakefield and seized three luxury cars. A Ferrari, Porsche Boxster and a Land Rover with an estimated value of pounds 200,000 were taken from...; Tags: Ferrari, fraud, Land Rover, Porsche AG; Research articles 2008-07-03
MoneyGram Announces Program to Protect Consumers Against Fraud: MINNEAPOLIS -- MoneyGram International is adding to its existing efforts to protect consumers from fraud-induced money transfers in response to concerns from state Attorneys General. Through an agreement of voluntary compliance, MoneyGram is taking steps to enhance consumer protections and further address the problem of wire transfer fraud. The company...; Tags: AARP, fraud, Litigation; Research articles 2008-07-02
Ex-Knight Execs Cleared: Knight Capital Group's former chief executive and head of institutional sales were cleared of fraud charges in federal court. Ken Pasternak, who ran Knight from its founding in 1995 to 2002, and John Leighton, head of sales, beat Securities and Exchange Commission charges they defrauded Knight's institutional customers....; Tags: fraud, Knight, Litigation, SALES, SEC; Research articles 2008-07-01
FBI: mortgage fraud, identity theft to escalate: Mortgage fraud continues to be an escalating problem in the United States even as sub-prime mortgage issues remain a key factor in influencing mortgage fraud, both directly and indirectly, according to a report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI. The FBI's 2007 Mortgage Fraud Report, released in May,...; Tags: FBI, fraud, Government, SECURITY; Research articles 2008-07-01