What happens when the person you turn to for help is the one committing the crime? We uncover the shocking story of Nakeisha Hall, an IRS employee who masterminded a $400,000 tax fraud operation. Instead of helping taxpayers reclaim their stolen...

Check fraud is growing at a shocking pace. In 2022, banks filed 680,000 check-fraud reports—nearly doubling the 350,000 reports filed in 2021.1 While check fraud is an age-old threat, its resurgence is catching even the most forward-thinking financial institutions (FIs) off guard. In this guide, we explore what check fraud looks like in the age of digital banking, the impact on banks and credit unions and effective check fraud prevention best practices.
A computer consultant sells his list of more than 700 synthetic identities to two Florida men to steal millions from COVID-19 relief programs. Synthetic identity fraud is the fastest growing financial crime in the U.S. and fraudsters are capitalizing on existing blind spots with traditional fraud risk models. Verify Identity is a new account opening tool built with ID Confidence, a Synthetics Indicator and Verify SSN to help stop bad actors from entering the system.
This true crime podcast exposes how scammers use sophisticated tactics to fool even well-educated, skeptical people.
This true crime podcast shines light on a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme that set the solar industry - and some famous investors - ablaze.

When almost everyone with a phone and an email address (that’s most of us) has confronted criminal attempts to steal their money, how does anyone avoid being scammed? 

The law of averages means the more times a scammer tries, the better their chances...

How do they do it? That’s what we really wanted to dive into as we close out season two of Nickel and Crime (don’t worry, we’ll be back with season three very soon!). Because if there is one thing we know scammers excel at, it’s the skillful...

How could an attempt to sell a timeshare property result in a loss of more than half a million dollars before the property is even sold? Unfortunately, for one victim of the “Planet Travel” Mexican timeshare scam, that’s exactly what happened. And...