Tech Big Tech must do more to stop scams, warns Central Bank Internet firms have to play their part to combat fraud, says deputy governor
Banking AIB warns consumers of ‘ghostbokering’ amid uptick in travel fraud Criminals are using sponsored ads and sophisticated websites to defraud people searching for cheap trips
Personal Finance How to avoid the ten most common digital scamsConmen stole almost €85 million through frauds in 2022, but forewarned is forearmed. Here’s some practical advice on how not to be the next victim
Business Post's View Editorial: Loss of public cash through fraud and mismanagement is intolerableThe sums of taxpayers’ money being lost through the likes of welfare fraud and overpayments are substantial and long overdue a clampdown
Social Welfare One in ten job seekers claimers are overpaid with fraud and withholding information main causesLevel of irregular payments found by the Department “continues to be material”.
Energy Department of Transport to investigate allegations of biofuel fraudWorking group will explore concerns that ‘waste’ oil for mixing with fossil fuels in transport is actually unsustainable palm oil
US Republican congressman charged with fraud, money launderingThe charges follow a five-month investigation that began shortly after George Santos’s election in November
Legal Custom House Capital executives to be sentenced after defrauding investors of €60mFour senior executives in the Dublin-based investment management firm have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud investors between 2008 and 2011
Consumer Irish bank customers warned of scams with ‘minimum investments’ of €20,000The Banking & Payments Federation Ireland said many fraudsters use the names and branding of well-recognised firms
Business Spirit level: how one Irish distiller foiled a crypto scamCrowdfunding can be a great way for a business to get an injection of cash, but as Peter Mulryan of the Blackwater Distillery discovered, it has its risks
Jeweller claims he put €800k into account to avoid bank chargesHynes cousins are standing trial for alleged fraud on their companies, with the liquidator seeking their personal liability for €4.8 million and €1.5 million of debt
Bank of Ireland warns of ‘alarming’ spike in text and online fraudThe bank said up to 20 new phishing sites are appearing a week online while text message-based scams have also increased
Three Ireland works with Gardaí on investigation into scam callsFigures show phone fraud attempts increased five-fold in April compared to same time in 2019
Gardaí shut down 80 websites that were trying to scam unsuspecting peopleFraudsters pretended to be from An Garda Síochána, government departments, the Attorney General’s Office and delivery firms as scams rise, says Minister for Justice