There has been a dramatic spike in identity theft and online shopping scams this year as fraudsters try to take advantage of people’s vulnerability during uncertain times.
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NRA executives allegedly benefited personally from the improper use of its funds.
Last year, men were more likely to report losses to investment fraud, while women were the main target for romance fraud. Overall, men reported higher financial loss.
Nigeria’s cashless policy seeks to minimise cash-related crimes, but it seems to have replaced that risk with another: electronic fraud.
The Supreme Court has overturned a series of corruption convictions of public officials by federal prosecutors. Can public corruption be successfully prosecuted? Yes, by the states.
Beware the #WorkFromHome selfie.
States are increasingly turning to machine learning and algorithms to detect fraud in food stamps, Medicaid and other welfare programs – despite little evidence of actual fraud.
Refugee legislation introduced after the end of apartheid was lauded as being progressive. But implementation has fallen short of international standards.
In the early 1900s, fortune-telling provided entertainment, social connection and a job for some Australians. Its legal status made criminals of women, yet allowed others entry to the police force.
There have been scores of scams reported in Australia since the bushfires started in September. This is why fraudsters take advantage of those in need.
Ethology, social psychology and criminology can help us understand why humans lie and why scammer scam.
A jury is about to decide the fate of a senior SNC-Lavalin executive accused of corruption and fraud. Meanwhile, Canada’s remediation agreement process is still sorely lacking.
Romance scammers are clever, well organised and have a number of tried techniques which make them highly successful. But there are ways you can avoid being scammed by a one-sided romance.
How does a man with no education convince everyone he is a priest, professor and doctor?
Student loan defaults have risen sharply, and the number-one reason is deceptive and misleading practices by for-profit institutions.
Lifestyle gurus define themselves in opposition to experts — but can we really trust what they tell us?
Cryptocurrency fraudsters have swindled their victims out of hundreds of millions – even billions – of dollars. What do they do to earn people’s trust and then take their money?
Michael Cohen wants you to know that throwing your kid a ball doesn’t make you a Red Sox pitcher. So he told lies, he says, but that doesn’t make him a liar. A rhetoric scholar dissects his argument.
Two new documentaries about the disastrous 2017 Fyre fail to fully acknowledge the exploitation of the people of the Exumas.
The enthusiasm for business creation is not without negative consequences, especially for the many who fail. However, the “all entrepreneurs” discourse remains predominant.
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Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, Research Centre for Business in Society, Coventry University
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Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton
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Associate professor, Département des sciences comptables, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professor of Sociology (Criminology, Victimology and Security Studies), University of Ibadan
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Professor of Psychology, Scripps College
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Professor of Security and Fraud, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Computer Science, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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