About three years ago, check counterfeiting began emanating from the Garden Grove, California, area. This location was home to “Little Saigon,” the …
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January 2, 2013
Recently released research results and statistics confirm that credit card fraud knows no geographic boundaries. The European Union (EU) has a massive …
January 2, 2013
By L. Burke Files So often we view those people with offshore accounts as “suspicious” by definition. But any good investigator must …
January 2, 2013
The American Bankers Association is circulating information on the new $100 notes issued in March 1996. Printed flyers suggest looking for the …
January 1, 2013
Five fraudsters had a pretty unique scam operating out of the St. Tammany Parish area. They would hold phony job fairs – …
December 31, 2012
By L. Burke Files Check fraud and counterfeiting have become the crimes of the 1990s. The US Justice Department estimates that $10 …
December 31, 2012
After almost ten years of no luck at catching up to fugitive David Brian Williams, the FBI took an unusual step and …
December 31, 2012
In an effort to thwart the perpetration of fraud in advances and credit applications, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has …
December 30, 2012
She sobbed loudly and begged the judge for leniency. She spoke, from her wheelchair, about the infant son waiting for her …
The Texas Bankers Association (TBA) has released some GOOD news for a change. Since the start of a program requiring fingerprints …
December 30, 2012
By profession, he was a company savior, a guy who specialized in taking over ailing companies and performing miraculous turn-arounds. He’d …
December 30, 2012
In 1994 Congress requested a Fed survey on the prevalence of check fraud. The results of the ensuing survey were released in …
The courts are going to have to decide the issue: one that can change the future of controlled disbursement banking. Available to …
December 29, 2012
A high-living husband and wife team could face up to 310 years in jail and $310,000 in fines – each – …
December 29, 2012
In a series of indictments returned by the state grand jury, 12 people have been charged with forgery, theft and filing …
December 29, 2012
It’s a scheme that’s been around almost as long as check transactions. There’s nothing new about it and people still get …
December 29, 2012
A new program sponsored by the Texas Banker’s Association and the Clearing House Association of the Southwest will hopefully have a …
By Jonathan E. Turner, CFE Financial institutions have always faced a special risk of theft, including fraud schemes, because …
December 29, 2012
By James “Rick” Youngblood, CFE Check counterfeiting has become the number one problem facing financial institutions today. For an investment of …
It was a slick trick, all right. Michael Miller and Kevin Zaharte had quite a scam going until they got nailed. …
December 29, 2012
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office investigative team got their perps – three of them. Suspected of costing area banks well over …
December 29, 2012
In the two-year period between 1991 and 1993, check fraud cases more than doubled from the previous two years to 1.3 …
December 29, 2012
Edward J. Reiners was no small-time con man. While working for Philip Morris in computer systems until 1992, Reiners had represented …