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Fraud
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Iowa Cybersecurity Law Blog
COVID-19: Fraudsters Also Work From Home
By John Lande
Many organizations have transitioned the bulk of their staff to working from home. While this may reduce the threat posed by COVID-19, it presents new risks for organizations of all…
Iowa Agribusiness Law Blog
COVID-19: Fraudsters Also Work From Home
By John Lande
Many organizations have transitioned the bulk of their staff to working from home. While this may reduce the threat posed by COVID-19, it presents new risks for organizations of all…
White Collar Briefly
Coronavirus Puts DOJ on Heightened Alert for Potential Fraud
By Alexander Canizares, Barak Cohen
In this time of supreme uncertainty, companies have many urgent concerns. Recent actions by the Department of Justice give businesses another thing to focus on: investigations and enforcement relating to…
Ride the Lightning
FBI Issues Warning About Coronavirus Fraud Schemes
As a follow up to yesterday's blog post about coronavirus phishing emails, the FBI has weighed in with information that all employers may want to convey to their employees. On…
Health Care Today
Criminals exploit COVID-19 outbreak with counterfeit personal protective equipment
The FBI, Department of Justice and HHS Office of Inspector General are asking health care providers to be on the lookout for scams regarding the sale of counterfeit personal protective…
Health Care Law Today
Anti-Fraud Enforcement in the Coronavirus Era
By LexBlog
In times of crisis, there are heroes, villains, victims, and everyone in between. Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, many valiant efforts are under immense time pressure—to care for the ill, to…
Whistleblower Law Collaborative Blog and News
Whistleblower Lawyers Call for DOJ Coronavirus Fraud Task Force
Whistleblower lawyers have requested that the Department of Justice establish a task force to fight coronavirus related health care fraud according to Bloomberg Law. One of the unfortunate but predictable…
Zalma on Insurance
Fraudster Need Only Pay What he Owes
By Barry Zalma
Jail for Fraud but Restitution Must be Recalculated Fraud perpetrators are usually not willing to accept their punishment on the small chance that they are caught, arrested, tried and convicted.…
Global Policy Watch
FinCEN Issues COVID-19-Related Guidance on SAR Filings, Heightened Risk of Disaster Fraud
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued guidance today, which: requested financial institutions affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to contact FinCEN’s Regulatory Support Section and their functional regulator as soon…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Whistle-blower Exposes Massive Global Boiler Room ‘Milton Group’ from Ukraine, Leader Calls Himself “the Wolf of Kiev”,
OCCRP reports Those worst affected were preyed upon by the call center’s “retention” desk, whose job was to conjure up new ways to extract more money, often through brutal psychological…