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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
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
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
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.
Imposter Scams Are Getting Bigger. Small Businesses Need to Check the Badge.
July 30, 2026
The scam does not always come in wearing a mask. Sometimes it comes in wearing a logo. A bank logo. A vendor signature. A government-looking notice. A “support team” email from software your business actually uses. That is the part that makes imposter scams so slippery. They do not always feel like fraud when they
Deepfake Calls and Tiny Test Charges: Two Payment Fraud Clues Small Businesses Should Not Ignore
July 28, 2026
Fraud does not always kick the front door in. Sometimes it walks in wearing a familiar face. Sometimes it starts with a charge so small you almost ignore it. That is what makes today’s payment fraud so dangerous for small businesses. The clues are there, but they do not always look dramatic at first. A
The Case of the Disappearing Check
July 23, 2026
The check looked harmless. That is usually how these things start. A business owner writes it. Maybe it is for rent. Maybe insurance. Maybe a vendor who still insists on paper checks because “that is how we have always done it.” The check goes in an envelope. The envelope goes in the mail. Everybody moves
The Case of the $4 Charge
July 21, 2026
A $4 charge does not look like fraud. It looks like coffee. Or an app. Or some random thing someone bought online and forgot to mention. That is what makes it dangerous. There was a Washington Post story recently about a woman who found more than 1,700 charges on her credit card that she did
The Mailbox Clue: How Stolen Business Checks Turn Into Six-Figure Fraud
July 16, 2026
Some fraud cases feel high-tech. Fake emails. Spoofed websites. AI voices. Cryptocurrency wallets. And then there are the old-school ones. A business writes a check. The check goes into the outgoing mailbox. Someone steals it, creates a fake company with a name that looks almost exactly like the real vendor, deposits the check, and drains
The Wild West of Digital Finance: How Small Businesses Can Keep Their Money From Wandering Off
July 14, 2026
There is something a little terrifying about how easy it is to move money now. That is great when you are paying a vendor at 9:30 p.m. because you forgot earlier. Not so great when someone on your team gets a fake “urgent” email and sends money to the wrong place before anyone has time
