July 10, 2019/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed insider trading charges against an accountant and her friend, whom she illegally tipped with confidential information in advance of her company’s quarterly performance announcements in exchange for all-expense paid travel and other expensive gifts. The alleged insider trading scheme […]
Frauds & Scandals
Brighterion and Elavon to Fight Fraud with Artificial Intelligence
July 9, 2019/Mastercard While the global implementation of EMV chip technology has reduced fraud activity for card payments, the payment’s ecosystem is still battling the threat of new and emerging fraud payment schemes online. Brighterion, a Mastercard company, and Elavon, a global payments provider and subsidiary of U.S. Bank, have […]
Meet Quinn and Cahill: The Two Men Behind The Company That Got A $9 Billion Court Judgment Against Nigeria
July 8, 2019/Mediacraft On February 15, 2015, members of the Irish music scene gathered in Dublin to pay their last respects to Michael Quinn, a long-time music impresario. Quinn was a well-known and colourful character. He partied and hob-nobbed with the who’s who in music, from the American band ‘The […]
