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By Aaron Nicodemus2023-03-24T16:35:00
An investment research firm accused financial technology payment company Block of facilitating money laundering, fraud, and scams on its platform.
Hindenburg Research, a noted short seller, released a report Thursday on Block (formerly Square) backed by two years of research and interviews with former Block employees and partners. The investigative report alleged the company’s claimed disruptive innovation of the payments industry has been fueled by its “willingness to facilitate fraud against consumers and the government, avoid regulation, dress up predatory loans and fees as revolutionary technology, and mislead investors with inflated metrics.”
Block’s “‘Wild West’ approach to compliance” on its Cash App platform has “made it easy for bad actors to mass create accounts for identity fraud and other scams, then extract stolen funds quickly,” according to the report.
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2022-04-07T16:26:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Approximately 8.2 million U.S. customers of Cash App Investing have been notified of a data breach carried out by a former employee of the mobile payment service provider.
2021-12-21T18:43:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
Electric semitruck startup Nikola agreed to pay $125 million to settle charges brought by the SEC for defrauding investors by misleading them about its products, technical advancements, and commercial prospects.
2021-02-08T19:18:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into Clover Health Investments in response to scathing allegations made against the Medicare provider by short-seller Hindenburg Research.
2024-12-13T16:47:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
When the DOJ released its revised Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, it turned some heads. Tucked into a section on risk assessments was a strongly worded series of questions that appeared to shoulder compliance teams with the responsibility for ensuring the safe use of AI tools by their firms.
2024-12-12T14:32:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Department of Justice’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs has made the importance of artificial intelligence governance frameworks clear, but it didn’t say what role compliance should play. Here’s the answer.
2024-11-14T20:36:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an alert to financial institutions about their obligations to report deepfakes, warning artificial intelligence has given bad actors additional tools in their arsenal.
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