Fraud

"Firms are catching more shenanigans than they did in the past" because of AI, says Callum Borchers of the Wall Street Journal.

Economic sanctions, as well as frauds and scams, tend to drive illicit crypto activity in the countries where it's most prevalent.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of four counts of fraud in a case that's viewed as a landmark test of Silicon Valley startup culture.

And what the case means for Silicon Valley.

In its unanimous ruling, the court says the FTC could always ask Congress for more authority to recover money for victims.

Getting that debt pardoned is a rigorous process right now. Some want to simply excuse loans under $150,000.

Early-stage Alzheimer's linked to unwise financial decision-making and vulnerability to financial exploitation.

Scammers are not always a faceless voice on the phone.

Suspicious or unusual bank activity can often signal a scam; but should a teller be able to monitor a long-time account holder’s ledger activity to flag a possible scam?

Financial scammers are part of coordinated efforts to target victims. The Federal Trade Commission took in more than a half a million complaints of imposter scams alone in 2018. But finding and convicting perpetrators is rare. Marketplace Morning Report’s David Brancaccio looks at what federal regulators are doing to target scammers.   Brains and Losses: […]