CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Federal Reserve today announced an industry-recommended definition of synthetic identity fraud, which was developed by a focus group of fraud experts in response to a ...

Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia journalist and fact-checker with a Master of Science in Journalism. She has worked in multiple cities covering breaking news, politics, education, and more.

Fraud doesn’t mean what it used to. A string of high-profile federal prosecutions are falling apart as courts apply a newly narrowed legal definition of the crime. The latest case came this week in ...

Identity fraud is the unauthorised use of a person’s personal information by another person to commit a crime or deceive or defraud that person or a third party in order to take advantage of the ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. The term occupancy fraud refers to a form of mortgage fraud that occurs when the borrower lies about the ...

The highly-anticipated civil fraud trial of Donald Trump, his family members and business entities kicked off Monday with a history lesson from Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on the ...

A split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in United States v. Chastain (No. 23-7038), recently voted 2-1 to vacate convictions for wire fraud and money laundering because of ...