Search

Over the past few years, the condo industry has seen a surge in the availability and use of new technologies. A board member in 2019 would likely have been surprised [...]

Byline: Susan Tompor, Columnist, USA TODAY Not all that long ago, I received a text out of the blue offering to help me address those nasty 'back taxes.' I soon [...]

Byline: RITA TRICHUR; Staff The Liberal government is moving into the 21st century and belatedly giving banks an important tool to foil financial criminals. As outlined in the federal budget, [...]

Highlights The USCIS announced its final rule pertaining to the H-1B visa category The final rule alters the selection process, implements measures to increase integrity in the registration process, and [...]

Welcome to the latest edition of our quarterly disputes newsletter, which covers key developments in the dispute resolution world over the last three months or so. The last quarter has [...]

Byline: DARRYL GREER; THE CANADIAN PRESS Title insurers need to be brought under anti-money-laundering rules to fight against scam artists who impersonate homeowners to sell or mortgage their properties, a [...]

Byline: Jennifer Hassan Twitter started suspending accounts 'engaged in impersonation' after Elon Musk, the platform's new owner and CEO, announced that all fake accounts without the 'parody' label would be [...]

On March 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a blog post advising companies to consider the potentially deceptive or unfair use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate [...]

Byline: Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY With applications for President Joe Biden's student loan debt relief plan right around the corner, federal officials are warning about scams. On Wednesday, the White [...]

Byline: MIKE HAGER; Staff VANCOUVER -- For Ron Usher, investigating crime and misconduct in British Columbia's pricey housing market is both a personal passion and part of his professional duties [...]

Byline: Ian Duncan WASHINGTON - President Biden met with internal federal agency watchdogs Friday, enlisting inspectors general to guard against waste and fraud as the government spends money from the [...]

Byline: Drew Harwell A private company that government agencies have used to verify the identities of millions of Americans through facial recognition used a variety of other data techniques to [...]

Byline: Tom Schad, USA TODAY In a newly published investigation by USA TODAY Sports, parents and high school athletes said that, for more than four years, an entity on Twitter [...]

Continuing his recent efforts at clarifying the views of the Office of the Chief Accountant ('OCA') on various topics, in an October 11, 2022 statement Acting Chief Accountant Paul Munter [...]

You receive a package of iPhones and they appear to have been ordered by an employee in the purchasing department (let's call her Jane Doe), however, you weren't expecting any [...]

On July 26, 2022, we published a blog post detailing part one of three of proposed regulations published by the New York State Office of Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG). The [...]

Several Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, recently introduced the Robotext Scam Prevention [...]

Margaret Snowdon OBE, Chair of the UK Pensions Scams Industry Group (PISG), is a campaigner who has worked for many years to prevent pension scams, protect the interests of those [...]

In the movie classic 'Good Will Hunting,' the interviewers are shocked and dismayed when Ben Affleck's character appears at an interview intended for Matt Damon's character. Based on Damon's resume [...]

Abstract In this article, Joe Wielebinski and Matthias Kleinsasser of Winstead PC provide an overview of U.S. receivership law and discuss how this equitable remedy may be used to combat [...]

The new Netflix documentary 'The Tinder Swindler,' alleges Simon Leviev scammed an estimated total of $10 million by posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul and wooing women online through [...]

The recent news story of Reverend Mike Hall demonstrates how sophisticated fraudsters can impersonate a property owner's identity and, ultimately, change the legal ownership of a property at the Land [...]

Byline: Susan Tompor, Columnist, USA TODAY And why wouldn't we suspect that the scammers would be tapping into all the buzz about the latest round of stimulus cash? Now, the [...]

In a December 2020 speech, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Michael Granston warned that cybersecurity fraud could see enhanced enforcement under the False Claims Act ('FCA'). On October 6, 2021, Deputy [...]

The US Department of Justice is increasing its arsenal to pursue cyber-related fraud by government contractors and grant recipients. The program, called the 'Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative,' was announced by Deputy [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced yesterday a new Civil Cyber-Fraud initiative which will use the False Claims Act (FCA) to enforce government contract cybersecurity requirements. The initiative will be [...]

UAE offers lucrative job offers, and ex-pats are highly enthusiastic about building a career and life in the UAE. The UAE's ex-pat population constitutes almost ninety per cent of its [...]

Byline: Jonathan O'Connell The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration have not yet forgiven any of the 5.2 million emergency coronavirus loans issued to small businesses and need to do [...]

Key Takeaways: The establishment of the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force will likely lead to an uptick in investigations and prosecutions of COVID-19 related fraudulent activity. The Task Force is [...]

Key Takeaways: According to FINRA, the number of reported instances involving broker-dealer fraudulent account takeovers (ATO) and related theft is on the rise. As set forth in recently released FINRA [...]

When people get older and their mental capacity dwindles, it can be a great relief to have someone else look after one's financial affairs. There often comes a time in [...]