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OrboNation Newsletter: Check Processing Edition – June 2021

June 29, 2021

In case you missed it, over the past month, we have published incredible content on our OrboNation Blog and Modernizing Omnichannel Check Fraud Detection. Review the latest OrboNation Newsletter online or via PDF download.

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AFP 2021 Preview – Identity Crises: Best Practices in Fraud Mitigation

June 23, 2021

AFP 2021 is coming November 7-11 both virtually and in-person Frank D’Amadeo, director of treasury at Con Edison, sees new sophistication in fraudsters “We’re no longer fighting the so-called ‘amateur fraudsters’” The Association for Financial Professionals — known by industry professionals by its acronym AFP — will be hosting its AFP 2021 Annual Conference both…

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Fighting Fraud with Forensic AI: How to Test Performance

June 16, 2021

The next weapon against check fraud has arrived Huge potential increase in fraud-loss savings to FI’s Performance Validation Analysis (PVA) to the rescue! Financial institutions have it down when it comes to check processing, posting, automation, and IT. However, when it comes to check fraud prevention, many live in fear. Why? Because they either have…

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U.S. Secret Service Website Highlights Fraud Indictments

June 8, 2021

The United States Secret Service does more than protect elected officials. They also protect the American public in many ways from fraud — one look at their press release page gives you an indication of their ongoing work. The page also presents an interesting cross-section of fraud varieties that are popular now.

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News Release: OrboGraph Completes Market Launch of OrbNet Forensic AI

June 7, 2021

Billerica, MA, June 7, 2021 – OrboGraph, a premier developer and supplier of intelligent electronic and paper automation for check fraud detection, recognition solutions as well as healthcare payment electronification, announced the market launch of OrbNet Forensic AI as the core image analysis technology to the Anywhere Fraud software application version 4.1. Details are now available on recently modernized company’s website, www.orbograph.com.

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Forensic Document Examination: Impact on Banking, Fraud, and Payments

June 2, 2021

Forensic document examination is foundational to OrboGraph’s OrbNet Forensic AI technology. To assist in describing the applicability of forensics in banking, fraud detection, and payments, we talked to forensic expert and author, Khody Detwiler, for this week’s Modernizing Omnichannel Check Fraud Detection post.

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KeyBank’s “Key4Women” Fraud Awareness Webinar: An Impactful Session

May 18, 2021

Key4Women, an organization dedicated to supporting the financial progress and empowerment of business women, presented a terrific, highly useful discussion of the latest in fraud threats and how to protect yourself at home and in the office with best practices shared from industry experts.

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Counterfeit Check Fraud Scheme Exploiting Homeless People

May 11, 2021

In a story from The Boston Globe, we learn about a counterfeit check scheme involving recruitment (and intimidation) of homeless and transient people from Providence to commit fraud in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. This was not a pandemic-related scheme; the four suspects began their scam in the fall of 2018, cashing or attempting to cash 450 counterfeit checks amounting to an estimated $450,000, according to an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Providence.

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Stolen Stimulus Checks Found Inside Vehicle Highlight Fraud Concerns

May 5, 2021

“Wonder when I’ll get my stimulus check? Unfortunately, some Washington state residents are out of luck for a while. They are being warned to be diligent about monitoring mailboxes after police found more than 100 pieces of stolen mail — including some stimulus checks — in a vehicle in Olympic National Park.

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Instagram: The Latest Avenue for the Classic Check Fraud Scheme

April 28, 2021

Scammers often flatter targets into submission Social media offers a buffet of possible targets In this case – a happy ending! One thing that can be said for fraudsters is that they know how to take advantage of human nature. The Los Alamitos-Seal Beach Patch reported recently on an enterprising “photographer” who used Instagram to…

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