In the past few years, Congress, the press and commentators have debated the wisdom of passing more federal criminal laws to deal with financial crime. However, lost in this debate is the fact that ...

Fraud is a catch-all term that encompasses a number of different (but related) types of crimes. It can include identity theft, check fraud, forgery, embezzlement and financial exploitation of older ...

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 ...

Donald Trump is to challenge Judge Arthur Engoron's definition of fraud that led to a $355 million judgment in the former president's New York trial. "The case raises serious legal and constitutional ...

Q. The Bettendorf Crime Watch report in Thursday's paper uses the term "fraud" a lot. Please define the term in the context that it is used. -- Michael, Bettendorf A. Bettendorf Police Chief Phil ...

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 ...

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 ...

Full committee hearing on the nomination Hans von Spakovsky to be a commissioner of the Federal Election Commission. (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) KANSAS CITY, KANSAS — Before the ACLU had a chance to ...