Elder Abuse-Financial Exploitation and Fraud
Legally Qualified: Protecting Against Elder Investment Fraud and Exploitation
Digging Deeper, Episode 1: The Con Queen of Hollywood
What is Consumer Fraud and What Deceptions are Employed?
The facts are frequently the same. A company that has retained the services of a vendor receives an authentic-looking email from the vendor’s CFO which advises that the vendor has changed its bank account or method of...more
Hackers commit financial fraud by creating a fake email address mimicking the vendor’s name and emailing accounts payable saying that the vendor’s account information has been changed. Funds are then sent directly to the...more
The Nigerian prince seems almost quaint. Gone are the days when the Nigerian prince was the only nefarious figure menacing our inboxes. A simple yet elegant scheme – our supposed prince unexpectedly fell upon a large sum...more
Known by many names, including business email compromise fraud, CEO or CFO fraud, impersonation attacks, or “Man-in-the-Email” scams, cyber-related frauds involving spoofed or otherwise compromised business electronic...more
On October 16, 2018, the SEC issued a 21(a) report announcing that it had investigated whether certain public companies that were victims of oftentimes unsophisticated, cyber-related frauds had violated federal securities...more
On October 16, 2018, the SEC released an Investigative Report detailing recent email spoofing schemes that caused nine public companies to lose a total of nearly $100 million. Building on its February 2018 guidance about the...more
• The SEC issued guidance in the form of a rare “21(a) report” this week after investigating a series of email frauds impacting 9 unnamed companies. • These email-based frauds, referred to as “CEO scams” or “vendor scams,”...more