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The Receipt Said Computer Equipment. It Was a Gift Card.
August 20, 2026
The receipt looked fine. It had a vendor name. A date. An amount. A description that would not raise many eyebrows inside an IT department. Uninterruptible power supply units. Battery backups. The kind of equipment a nonprofit’s technology director might reasonably buy. Except that was not what he bought. According to federal prosecutors, the actual
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When the Fraudster Does Not Need Your Password: The Risk of Unauthorized Bank Debits
August 18, 2026
The debit does not look like a crime scene. It looks like a vendor charge. Maybe a marketing fee. Maybe a software subscription someone forgot to cancel. The amount is not outrageous. The name is vague, but not alarming. So it sits there. That is the danger. On July 20, 2026, the U.S. Department of
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The Ride That Never Happened
August 13, 2026
Fraud does not always start with a fake business. Sometimes the business is real. The phone number works. The vehicles exist. The customers know the name. The paperwork looks ordinary enough to pass through the system without raising its hand. That is the uncomfortable part. In a recent case out of the Eastern District of
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When Check Fraud Hides in Plain Sight: Lessons from the EagleBank Case
August 11, 2026
Some fraud kicks the door in. Check fraud usually does not. It waits in the daily paperwork. It hides between deposits, transfers, overdrafts, and explanations that sound reasonable enough in the moment. One delay becomes two. One exception becomes a habit. Before long, the numbers are telling a story nobody has stopped to read. That
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When the Customer Is the Fraud Risk
August 6, 2026
Most small business owners know the usual fraud suspects. The fake invoice.The stolen credit card.The weird email with a link you absolutely should not click.The “vendor” who suddenly changed their bank account. That kind of fraud makes sense. It comes from the outside. But there is another kind that feels a lot messier because the
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The $750,000 Blind Spot: What a Co-op Embezzlement Case Teaches Small Businesses About Internal Controls
August 4, 2026
Fraud does not always look like fraud. Sometimes it looks like a check run. A vendor payment. A reimbursement. A normal Tuesday in the accounting office. That is the problem. The money does not always disappear in one loud, obvious moment. Sometimes it leaves quietly. One check at a time. One entry at a time.
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“I follow the money, interpret the evidence, and explain it in plain language. That’s how fraud gets found and trust gets rebuilt.”
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