Fraud is a very broad-based term. There’s fraud between individuals, internet scams and phishing schemes. Occupational fraud is one of the biggest areas of fraud and represents employee or contractor ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Fraud doesn’t mean what it used to. A string of high-profile federal prosecutions are falling apart as courts apply a newly narrowed legal definition of the crime. The latest case came this week in ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Federal Reserve today announced an industry-recommended definition of synthetic identity fraud, which was developed by a focus group of fraud experts in response to a ...

After a nine-month examination last year of the U.N. organization’s anti-fraud policies, what JIU examiners found was something akin to anarchy: a “state of near denial” among some U.N. organizations ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. The term occupancy fraud refers to a form of mortgage fraud that occurs when the borrower lies about the ...

Securities fraud is a criminal offense and may be prosecuted as such, but civil penalties may also be disbursed if the perpetrator is sued for damages by victims in civil court. Criminally, securities ...

Donald Trump is to challenge Judge Arthur Engoron's definition of fraud that led to a $355 million judgment in the former president's New York trial. "The case raises serious legal and constitutional ...

The highly-anticipated civil fraud trial of Donald Trump, his family members and business entities kicked off Monday with a history lesson from Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on the ...

Ever heard the term “occupational fraud”? Whether you own a business or work for one, it’s important to know what it is and what common traits those that commit it possess – because it is all around ...