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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain.

Robbinhood ransomware hacker pleads guilty to charges stemming from 2019 attack on Baltimore

Hogan Lovells on 6/16/2025

Sina Gholinejad, an Iranian hacker involved in the 2019 international extortion scheme against the City of Baltimore using the Robbinhood ransomware, pleaded guilty to computer fraud and wire fraud charges on Tuesday, May 27,...more

North Korea-linked threat actors utilize falsified companies and job interviews to distribute malware

Hogan Lovells on 5/9/2025

A threat actor group with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“North Korea”) called Contagious Interview is using front companies to spread malware through fake job interviews. This group has a history of...more

Sophisticated Crypto Theft Targeting High-Net-Worth Individuals

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/16/2025

A recent court case has unveiled a new level of sophistication in attacks targeting high-net-worth cryptocurrency holders. In a meticulously orchestrated scheme, hackers managed to steal more than $40 million in bitcoin from...more

[Event] 22nd Annual Canadian Forum on Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime - June 7th - 8th, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 5/22/2023

AML compliance for reporting entities has never been of greater critical importance than it is today. With the growing sophistication of criminals and the methods and technologies that they employed, combined with the...more

[Event] 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery - January 24th - 25th, Miami, FL

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 12/14/2021

ACI’s and C5’s 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Miami conference is returning on January 24 – 25, 2022 in person! Deemed as the foremost, can’t-miss event for the Fraud community, it gathers the pre-eminent...more

"Whole of Government" Anti-Ransomware Campaign on Full Display

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/24/2021

November 8, 2021, may have been the most significant single day in the United States' "whole of government" anti-ransomware campaign. The Department of Justice, Department of the Treasury, and Department of State all...more

Sound the Alarm: DOJ’s New Criminal and Civil Tools to Combat Crypto-Cyber Threats Should Prompt Investment in Cyber Compliance

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 10/28/2021

As a strong signal that it intends to increase its focus on illicit crypto transactions, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the creation of an enforcement team, the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (“NCET”),...more

Bridging the Week - October 2018 #3

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 10/22/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission obtained orders from a federal court in New York concluding its first-filed enforcement action against persons for bitcoin fraud. However, the outcome of an unrelated action having...more

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