Social Worker Fraud (NBC Los Angeles) Seniors in Los Angeles

Social Worker Fraud (NBC Los Angeles)
Seniors in Los Angeles County are being targeted by two female con artists posing as social workers.

Letters warning potential fraud victims set to go out (NBC 12 Richmond)
RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - It may still be a hoax, but a state agency is acting like the threat is real. More than 500 thousand people will be informed that their social security number could be in the hands of someone who hacked a prescription data base.

Posted on June 07, 2009 in Social Security Fraud | Permalink

4 former ACORN workers will face trial over voter fraud allegations in western Pennsylvania (FOX 8 WGHP)
PITTSBURGH (AP) Four former Pittsburgh-area ACORN workers will face trial on charges they forged or otherwise illegally solicited voter registration cards before the November election.

Letters warning potential fraud victims set to go out (NBC 12 Richmond)
RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - It may still be a hoax, but a state agency is acting like the threat is real. More than 500 thousand people will be informed that their social security number could be in the hands of someone who hacked a prescription data base.

Web 2.0 Security: Things to Know about the Social Web (Network World)
Websense CTO Dan Hubbard outlines four ways companies can protect their information from threats and compromise on the social Web.

Posted on June 05, 2009 in Social Security Fraud | Permalink

Restitution for victims of Worker s Comp Fraud (FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville)
A Middleburg woman gets a more than $50,000 check after she became a victim in a nationwide worker's compensation fraud scheme.

New Report Finds Finance Execs Plan to Increase Spend on Online Fraud Prevention Systems (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
ThreatMetrix, a leader in device fingerprinting, today announced the results of new research detailing the extreme risks facing etailers, social networks and financial services companies as they seek to combat online fraud and ease customer concerns regarding the safety of web-based transactions. In the study more than two-thirds of participants ranked online fraud as a serious or critical ...

Take these seven steps to prevent employee fraud (River Valley Business Report)
Open a newspaper these days and you re bound to see at least one: another story of how someone defrauded his or her employer. Whether through small-scale pilfering or big-time embezzlement, employee theft is one of the biggest threats to a business well-being.

Posted on June 03, 2009 in Social Security Fraud | Permalink