Massive Change Healthcare Data Breach: Ransomware Fallout & Mortgage Wire Fraud Prevention

Fallout from the Change Healthcare Breach, Mortgage Wire Fraud What You Need To Know

In episode 353, we discuss the February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, resulting in the largest data breach of protected health information in history. Notifications have been sent to 100 million ...
Identification Documents: an Obsolete Fraud Countermeasure

Identification Documents: an Obsolete Fraud Countermeasure

When I'm talking to bankers and other fraud fighters, I often mention how easy it is for a criminal to obtain a Drivers License bearing any information they desire. I was reminded ...

Classic Baggie: Part Three – the Romance Scam Victims

 If you are just joining us, we are reviewing the court transcripts of a Business Email Compromise / Romance Scam Money Laundering case.  Part One reveals "Classic Baggie: A Delaware BEC Case ...
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Cyberinsurance: Federal Court Interprets Banking Fraud Policy

It’s like déjá vu all over again. A company purchased cyberinsurance and paid premiums for years. They had a cybersecurity incident, filed a claim and—guess what? The insurance company refused to pay ...
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Three Men Arrested in Connection to $722M Cryptomining Scheme

Three Men Arrested in Connection to $722M Cryptomining Scheme

Law enforcement arrested three men for their participation in a cryptomining scheme that defrauded investors of $722 million. On December 10, 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey ...
18 Members of ATM Skimmer Gang Arrested -- Mostly Romanian

18 Members of ATM Skimmer Gang Arrested — Mostly Romanian

DOJ Press Release: 18 Members of International Fraud and Money Laundering ConspiracyThe Southern District of New York brought charges on 18 people for their involvement in an ATM Skimming ring that planted ...
FBI Fraud Arrests by Field Office, 2018

FBI Fraud Arrests by Field Office, 2018

Each year, crime data geeks look forward to the publication of the CJIS "Crime in the United States" report. On September 30th, the FBI was able to share the Uniform Crime Report ...
Operation ReWired arrests 281 Business Email Compromise criminals

Operation ReWired arrests 281 Business Email Compromise criminals

Operation: ReWired announced on September 10, 2019 On September 10, 2019, the Department of Justice announced that 281 arrests related to Business Email Compromise had been made, with 74 of those arrested ...
Los Angeles: Stories of the BEC Victims (part 2)

Los Angeles: Stories of the BEC Victims (part 2)

In my last blog post, Los Angeles Court charges 80 Nigerians with BEC and Romance Scam Crimes, we laid out the background of a major BEC investigation and telling the stories of ...
Lauded Nigerian Entrepreneur may be a BEC Yahoo Boy

Lauded Nigerian Entrepreneur may be a BEC Yahoo Boy

Obinwanne Okeke: The EntrepreneurObinwanne Okeke, 31 year old CEO and Founder of Invictus Group, is frequently lauded as a success story. At age 28, Forbes Africa featured him in their June 2016 ...