Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Reporting on fraud schemes, cyber attacks targeting financial systems, regulatory responses, and advancements in fraud prevention technologies.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Panel 5: Broken Promises: A Deep Dive into Crypto’s Fraud Problem

    By Editors | 26/07/2022

    This panel explores how bad actors are exploiting the crypto ecosystem, and how supervisors, law enforcement, and the industry is combatting these activities.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Korea: Terra Investigators Seize Records from Crypto Firms

    By Editors | 26/07/2022

    Prosecutors have seized transaction records from seven crypto exchanges and some of their affiliates as part of a probe into Terra’s collapse.

    Credit Risk

    FSC Korea to Introduce Measures to Help Vulnerable Borrowers

    By Editors | 23/07/2022

    The FSC chairman has clarified that the plan is not intended to help those who have lost money on stock and crypto investments funded by cheap loans.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    US Recovers Crypto Ransoms Paid by Healthcare Providers

    By Editors | 23/07/2022

    The FBI seized about USD 500,000 from two crypto accounts that had received ransoms paid by US health care providers to North Korean hackers.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    ACCC Chair Calls for Joint Response to Financial Scams

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/07/2022

    ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb says banks have a responsibility to protect customers from investing in scam cryptocurrency schemes.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    ASIC Imposes Eight Year Bans Over Pressure Selling of CFDs

    By Editors | 21/07/2022

    Two executives have been banned for eight years after their firm engaged in “unconscionable conduct” including the use of pressure selling tactics.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Henan Fraud: Bank Regulators Seek to Reassure Markets

    By Darien Choong | 21/07/2022

    Some customers have had difficulty signing up for a repayment scheme and data has been removed from banks, delaying some payments.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Fraud Risk: An Industry Priority for the Crypto Space

    By Editors | 20/07/2022

    Experts say crypto firms have a responsibility and moral obligation to have anti-fraud controls in place, and that this will help create trust in the industry.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Scam Loss Sharing Framework Will Take Longer to Develop: MAS

    By Editors | 19/07/2022

    Developing the new framework is taking longer than expected due to the complexity of the issues involved and the importance of ensuring the framework has the correct incentives.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Singapore Police Lay Fraud Charges Against Zenrock Founder

    By Editors | 18/07/2022

    The founder and his former operations executive were charged for cheating Bank of China, HSBC and Credit Agricole CIB.

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