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Fresh off of Fraud Of The Day revealing the fraud trends for 2023, a U.S. government watchdog has issued a “deeply disturbing” fraud alert over the widespread use of “questionable” Social Security numbers (SSNs) to get pandemic loans. Is there any other kind of...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is, unfortunately, a meal ticket for fraudsters. Scammers are ripping off SNAP benefits in ever-evolving and alarming ways, stealing benefits from vulnerable Americans and making it harder for them to feed their families. Pretty appalling, isn’t it? In this Fraud...

This the final blog of special series featuring top fraud trends predicted for 2023. Every business owner wants to make a name for themselves. However, every fraudster also wants to make a name out of it too! According to PwC’s 2022 Global Economic Crime and...

This blog is part of a special series featuring top fraud trends predicted for 2023. In 1737, Benjamin Franklin was appointed as the first Postmaster of Philadelphia with the task of regulating the post offices and to confront or question any wrongdoing. Thirty-five years later,...

This blog is part of a special series featuring top fraud trends predicted for 2023. Hearing the news headlines from this past year, did anything stand out more than others? Supreme Court battles? Ukrainian War? Harry and Meghan? How about Student Loan Forgiveness? Because that...

This blog is part of a special series featuring top fraud trends predicted for 2023. If Social Security fraud (Trend #3) makes the top of the list for Fraud Trends in 2023, chances are tax refund fraud is going to be on that list too!...

This blog is part of a special series featuring top fraud trends predicted for 2023. Fun fact. When the Social Security Administration (SSA) controlled the issuance in 1936 of the newly formed Social Security account numbers, the agency was in a position to at least...

This is the first in a special blog series featuring top fraud trends predicted for 2023. In today’s increasingly digital world, fraud trends are constantly changing and evolving. New schemes are introduced regularly, and it can be very challenging for organizations to keep up. This...

New data in a recent analysis from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General shows that Medicare spending on testing for the COVID-19 virus continues to increase in 2022. In fact, as of October 31, 2022, Medicare has spent as...

We all have the heroic image of a United States Secret Service Agent in our minds: neat suit, earpiece, Ray Ban sunglasses, walking along a bullet proof limousine or walking close to the leader they are protecting. It turns out, those agents have superhero...