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Visa Sets Up Scam Disruption Team, Blocking US$350 Million in Fraud

Fintech News

The team brings together experts from law enforcement, military intelligence, and data visualisation, combining human insight with advanced AI tools to track and dismantle fraud networks. This effort prevented over US$37 million in losses and was referred to law enforcement for further action.

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Arkansas rolls out mobile driving licenses

NFCW

Residents of the US state of Arkansas are now able to add a digital version of their driver’s license or state ID to their smartphone and then use their digital ID to verify their identity to participating businesses and venues as well as law enforcement agencies and, soon, for air travel.

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Visa sees spike in unemployment insurance fraud on prepaid cards

Payments Source

And the best solution may be rooted in technology, not law enforcement. Since July, Visa has noticed an uptick in unemployment insurance fraud with prepaid cards being used as a key disbursement vehicle.

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Innovate Finance Outlines New Collaborative Anti-Fraud Strategy to ‘Smash Fraud’ in the UK

The Fintech Times

In the anti-fraud strategy, Innovate Finance advocates for a data-sharing approach across sectors, regulators and the law enforcement industry, to industrialise the UKs use of technology to spot and stop fraud and enable all financial firms to access and use these solutions.

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From account takeover to pig butchering: What SARs data reveals about fraud in 2025

BioCatch

My career in Federal law enforcement began in the late 90s, a time when cybercrime and identity fraud were just beginning to take shape. Over the years, I witnessed firsthand the explosion of these crimes, evolving from simple credit card fraud to highly sophisticated global operations. As a retired U.S.

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Bitcoin Daily: Chinese Police Seize $15M, Luxury Cars In Crypto Scam Probe; CENTRE Blacklists Address, Freezes $100K Of Stablecoin At Request Of Law Enforcement

PYMNTS

The company in a statement said, per the report, “Centre can confirm it blacklisted an address in response to a request from law enforcement. While we cannot comment on the specifics of law enforcement requests, Centre complies with binding court orders that have appropriate jurisdiction over the organization.”.

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UK grants law enforcement expanded powers over crypto assets

The Paypers

The UK Government has decided to implement new measures granting law enforcement agencies increased powers over cryptocurrency assets.