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Documentary, elizabeth holmes, fraud, Hbo, theranos

‘The Inventor’ is a monster movie and Elizabeth Holmes is its star

“She didn’t blink.” It’s a peculiar observation, but when ex-Theranos receptionist Cheryl Gafner makes it, it’s hard to shake —…

accreditation, accreditation@sg digital, accreditation@sgd, banks, Branded Content, Crime, digital payment, e-payment, e-wallet, financial institutions, Fintech, fraud, IMDA, Jewel Paymentech, Money Laundering, Profiles, risk, risk prevention, Startups

How these former Visa execs are fighting fraud with AI-enabled fintech

They realized that there was a severely underserved component of risk prevention in the merchant acceptance business. Source link

data science, driver fraud, fraud, Grab, News, ride-hailing, ride-hailing fraud, Singapore, Transportation

Grab opens anti-fraud toolkit for partners

Grab Defense will be available in Indonesia in the second quarter of 2019. Source link

Federal Trade Commission, fraud, FTC, Online Dating, Romance scam, TC

Romance scams cost more money than any other type of consumer fraud, says the Federal Trade Commission – TechCrunch

The Federal Trade Commission has released data that shows romance scams cost more money than other types of consumer fraud…

Brief, digital payments, Fintech, fraud, News, Singapore, Wirecard

In brief: German fintech firm investigated for financial fraud in Singapore

Wirecard denied the allegations, calling the reports “inaccurate and defamatory.” Source link

driver fraud, fraud, Go-Jek, Grab, Indonesia, News, ride-hailing, ride-hailing fraud, Spire Research & Consulting, Subscriber Exclusives, Transportation

Almost 30% of Go-Jek, 5% of Grab e-hails in Indonesia are fraudulent, study claims

Grab claims it has got the figure down to less than one percent. Source link

Advertising Tech, Europe, Facebook, fraud, Google, Lawsuit, Martin Lewis, Online Advertising, online platforms, Social, Social Engineering, United Kingdom, Yahoo

Facebook agrees to do more to tackle scam ads after celebrity defamation lawsuit – TechCrunch

Facebook has agreed to plough more resource into combating the use of its advertising platform by scammers, saying it will…

apps, Bitcoin, blockchain network, computing, Currency, email, Federal Bureau of Investigation, fraud, Internet, Social Engineering, TC

Scammers are sending bomb scares to nab BTC – TechCrunch

A new scam is making the rounds that promises to disrupt countless offices and schools. The scam is simple: the…

ad fraud, Ad Tech, Ads, Advertising, Advertising Tech, android apps, apps, developers, fraud, Google, Google Play, sdks

Google warns app developers of three malicious SDKs being used for ad fraud – TechCrunch

A few days ago, Google removed popular Cheetah Mobile and Kika Tech apps from its Play Store following a BuzzFeed investigation,…

Autonomy, doj, Enterprise, Enterprise Search, Europe, fraud, HP, Invoke Capital, Lawsuit, Mike Lynch, United Kingdom, United States

DoJ charges Autonomy founder with fraud over $11BN sale to HP – TechCrunch

U.K. entrepreneur turned billionaire investor Mike Lynch has been charged with fraud in the U.S. over the 2011 sale of…