Fraud

Five Data Breaches that Put Victims at Greater Risk of COVID-19 Scams

Security, Security breaches, Data breach, Data security, Secure communication, Prevention, Fraud, Crime
Friday, May 29, 2020 - 3:05pm

The San Francisco fraud prevention and detection technology firm used its proprietary algorithm to analyze more than 1,000 elements of these five data breaches to produce their respective risk ratings.

Key Points: 
  • The San Francisco fraud prevention and detection technology firm used its proprietary algorithm to analyze more than 1,000 elements of these five data breaches to produce their respective risk ratings.
  • According to Van Dyke, not every data breach opens victims up to COVID-19 related scams, or at least not to the same degree.
  • Breach Clarity's analysis revealed that five recently reported data breaches put victimized consumers at greater risk of targeted scams.
  • "While they didn't break into the top five, a number of smaller breaches directly tied to COVID-19 assistance programs pose particularly concentrated risk to victims," added Van Dyke.

ACAMS Launches Global 24+ Hour Virtual Summit

Professional services, Education, Security, Technology, Finance, Banking, Training, Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, Adtalem Global Education, Professional ethics, Money laundering, Professional certification, Crime, Articles, Fraud, EduPristine
Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 9:00pm

ACAMS is a member of Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE), a leading workforce solutions provider headquartered in the United States.

Key Points: 
  • ACAMS is a member of Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE), a leading workforce solutions provider headquartered in the United States.
  • ACAMS is the largest international membership organization dedicated to enhancing the knowledge and skills of anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime professionals from a wide range of industries.
  • Its new Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) certification commenced in January 2020.
  • The purpose of Adtalem Global Education is to empower students to achieve their goals, find success, and make inspiring contributions to our global community.

Analyst Report Outlines How Phone Number Data Can be Used for Fraud Mitigation and Risk Assessment

Consumer electronics, Security, Consumer, Technology, Women, Mobile, Wireless, MEN, Articles, Mobile technology, Local number portability, Iconectiv, Fraud, Crime, Technology
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 4:00pm

The phone number provides invaluable information for businesses to better assess risk, mitigate fraud and protect both their business and their customers.

Key Points: 
  • The phone number provides invaluable information for businesses to better assess risk, mitigate fraud and protect both their business and their customers.
  • A new report in Black Swan Telecom Journal explains how leveraging that critical information has never been easierand outlines how credit and other service bureaus are using it to help combat fraud.
  • In Getting Porting History & Carrier Data to Verify Identity & Mitigate Account Takeovers , Kathy Timko, iconectivs Head of Local Number Portability Administration (LNPA), discusses PortData Validate , a numbering intelligence service that allows companies that assess risk and mitigate fraud to use phone number porting data in their risk evaluation.
  • Our cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions span network and operations management, numbering, trusted communications and fraud prevention.

H-ISAC Chooses Cyware's Platform to Enhance Threat Intelligence Sharing for Healthcare Organizations

Computer security, Crime, Cyberwarfare, Fraud, Phishing, Social engineering, Spamming, Threat, Intelligence sharing, Draft:IntSights Cyber Intelligence, Inc
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 1:07pm

With Cyware's Situational Awareness Platform ( CSAP ), H-ISAC members can share threat intelligence including indicators of compromise (IOCs), malware alerts, vulnerability advisories, security incidents, phishing, and spear-phishing attacks among healthcare organizations.

Key Points: 
  • With Cyware's Situational Awareness Platform ( CSAP ), H-ISAC members can share threat intelligence including indicators of compromise (IOCs), malware alerts, vulnerability advisories, security incidents, phishing, and spear-phishing attacks among healthcare organizations.
  • With CSAP, member organizations of H-ISAC can choose to share threat intelligence anonymously, with attribution, or work with H-ISAC analysts for further enrichment.
  • Members can leverage threat intelligence sharing templates in the web portal and the mobile app to share actionable intelligence in a detailed and structured format.
  • Cyware's innovative solutions include capabilities for strategic and tactical threat intelligence sharing, cyber fusion, security orchestration and automation, and incident response.

BCSC alleges B.C. residents promoted U.S.-based fraud

Fraud, Crime, Confidence tricksters, Corruption, Securities fraud, Deception, Charles Ponzi
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 7:39pm

residents helped promote aU.S.-based Ponzi and pyramid scheme that raised about US$15 million from more than 1,400 investors around the world.

Key Points: 
  • residents helped promote aU.S.-based Ponzi and pyramid scheme that raised about US$15 million from more than 1,400 investors around the world.
  • residents Monita Hung Mui Chan, Sabrina Ling Huei Wei, Justin Colin Villarin, Marie Joy Vincent, and James Bernard Law promoted Filho's Fraud, including:
    accepting completed applications and payments from investors, and
    In total, the B.C.
  • residents either committed fraud themselves or made statements that they knew, or reasonably ought to have known, were misrepresentations.
  • The BCSC is seeking reciprocal orders against Filho, Valdes and DFRF based on the U.S court rulings that they committed securities fraud.

DEADLINE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY: Block & Leviton LLP Filed Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against eHealth, Inc.; Investors Who Lost Money Should Contact the Firm

Corruption, Securities fraud, Leviton, Fraud, Crime
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 6:56pm

BOSTON, May 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Block & Leviton LLP ( www.blockesq.com ), a national securities litigation firm, reminds investors that it filed the first class action lawsuit on behalf of shareholders against eHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: EHTH) and certain of its officers for securities fraud.

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, May 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Block & Leviton LLP ( www.blockesq.com ), a national securities litigation firm, reminds investors that it filed the first class action lawsuit on behalf of shareholders against eHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: EHTH) and certain of its officers for securities fraud.
  • Investors who purchased eHealth shares between March 19, 2018 and April 7, 2020 are encouraged to contact the firm for a free case evaluation .
  • Block & Leviton LLP is a firm dedicated to representing investors and maintaining the integrity of the countrys financial markets.
  • The firm represents many of the nations largest institutional investors as well as individual investors in securities litigation throughout the United States.

IQ INVESTOR ALERT: Hagens Berman, National Trial Attorneys, Notifies iQIYI (IQ) Investors of Securities Fraud Class Action, Encourages Investors with Losses to Contact its Attorneys, Deadline Approaching

Law, Crime, Class action lawsuits, Securities Class Action, Steve Berman, iQiyi, Securities fraud, Human behavior, Cause of action, Fraud
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 6:50pm

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hagens Berman urges investors in iQIYI, Inc. (NASDAQ: IQ) who have suffered significant losses to submit their losses now .

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hagens Berman urges investors in iQIYI, Inc. (NASDAQ: IQ) who have suffered significant losses to submit their losses now .
  • The June 15, 2020 lead plaintiff deadline in a securities fraud class action against iQIYI is fast approaching.
  • iQIYI (IQ) Securities Class Action:
    The complaint alleges that Defendants inflated iQIYIs revenue figures, user numbers and operational expenses to cover up other fraud.
  • If you purchased shares of iQIYI and suffered significant losses, click here to discuss your legal rights with Hagens Berman .

EHTH FRAUD ALERT: Hagens Berman, National Trial Attorneys, Alerts eHealth (EHTH) Investors to Securities Fraud Class Action, Encourages Investors with Losses to Contact the Firm; Deadline Approaching

Fraud, Corruption, Securities fraud, Steve Berman, Muddy Water, Muddy
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 6:40pm

The June 8, 2020 lead plaintiff deadline in a securities fraud class action that has been filed against the company and senior executives is fast approaching.

Key Points: 
  • The June 8, 2020 lead plaintiff deadline in a securities fraud class action that has been filed against the company and senior executives is fast approaching.
  • 8, 2020, when Muddy Waters Capital published a scathing report about the company, finding that eHealth uses deceptive accounting to mask a significantly unprofitable business.
  • As a result, Muddy Waters claims eHealth has grossly overstated its reported revenues and operating profit by hundreds of millions of dollars.
  • If you purchased shares of eHealth and suffered significant losses, click here to discuss your legal rights with Hagens Berman .

The Law Firm of Barbuto & Johansson, P.A. Announces That a Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Ryder System, Inc.

Securities Class Action, Securities fraud, Securities regulation in the United States, Enron, Law, Fraud, Crime, Grant & Eisenhofer, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 8:05am

(with over 30 years of Securities Class Action experience, including cases against ENRON and HALLIBURTON) advises investors that a Securities Fraud Class Action lawsuit has been filed against Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), and encourages shareholders with substantial losses to contact the Firm to discuss the case and their options as class members.

Key Points: 
  • (with over 30 years of Securities Class Action experience, including cases against ENRON and HALLIBURTON) advises investors that a Securities Fraud Class Action lawsuit has been filed against Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), and encourages shareholders with substantial losses to contact the Firm to discuss the case and their options as class members.
  • The case, Key West Police & Fire Pension Fund v. Ryder System, Inc., et al., Case No.
  • The lawsuit alleges that Ryder and certain of its current and former executives failed to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
  • BARJO believes strongly that the choice of a qualified Lead Plaintiff can have a significant impact on the successful outcome of a case.

Kaskela Law LLC Announces Stockholder Investigation of Apyx Medical Corp. (APYX) and Encourages Long-Term APYX Stockholders to Contact the Firm

Legal, Professional services, Financial markets, Finance, Corporate finance, Financial economics, Equity securities, Corruption, Fraud, Securities fraud, Common stock, Limited liability company, Stock, NASDAQ
Saturday, May 23, 2020 - 1:00pm

Kaskela Law LLC is investigating Apyx Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: APYX) (Apyx or the Company) on behalf of the Companys stockholders.

Key Points: 
  • Kaskela Law LLC is investigating Apyx Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: APYX) (Apyx or the Company) on behalf of the Companys stockholders.
  • In September 2019, a securities fraud complaint was filed against Apyx in federal court on behalf of certain purchasers of Apyxs common stock.
  • Current Apyx stockholders who purchased or acquired shares of the Companys stock prior to December 21, 2018 are encouraged to contact Kaskela Law LLC (D. Seamus Kaskela, Esq.)
  • Kaskela Law LLC represents investors in securities fraud, corporate governance, and merger & acquisition litigation.