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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.

North Korean IT Remote Worker Fraud Scheme Data Security and Employment Law Impact

Alston & Bird on 1/20/2025

The recent indictment of 14 North Korean nationals for fraudulently obtaining remote IT jobs with U.S.-based companies underscores the importance of vigilant hiring practices. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy and...more

Continued Remote Hiring Concerns in IT Sector: What to Look for in 2025 and How to Mitigate Business Risk

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/10/2025

Remote worker fraud is expected to continue to proliferate in 2025. Fully remote hiring and work, particularly in the technology sector, continues to pose unique business and legal risks for companies. Just in December 2024,...more

No Place Like Home: Heightened risks for companies due to Covid-19 and remote working arrangements

BCLP on 4/22/2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves so, too, does the threat of economic crime. Recent reports into fraud since the start of the pandemic highlight the extent of this threat but also confirm that the banking and finance industry...more

Fraudulent Unemployment Claims on the Rise: What Should Employers Do?

Baker Donelson on 11/17/2020

Government agencies are grappling with the theft of millions of taxpayer dollars through unique fraud schemes directed at state unemployment programs. Employers often are the first to discover these schemes when they learn...more

DOJ and FBI Fight Back Against Pandemic Fraud

The Volkov Law Group on 5/6/2020

You can always count on cyber-criminals and fraudsters to come out of the woodwork when a national crisis occurs. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a multitude of criminal schemes....more

Belonging, Connection, and Inclusion Amid COVID-19

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/16/2020

In a short span of time, we have gone from thinking about the virus as a distant concern to working remotely from home as we have been asked to help flatten the curve by social distancing. We are daily bombarded with news and...more

Beware of COVID-19-Based Cyber Attacks, Say US and UK Agencies

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 4/9/2020

Malicious cyber actors have been exploiting the COVID-19 crisis, warn the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in a joint...more

FTC Ramps up COVID-19 Activity After Improving its Data Security Enforcement Orders

Proskauer on Privacy on 4/1/2020

With the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), cybersecurity criminals and scammers are ramping up their efforts to target vulnerable employers and workforces. The FTC announced today that since January they have...more

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