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EU launches new Financial and Economic Crime Center; not clear where it will be located or if it will take complaints from vicims
- Healthcare most targeted
- Social Security numbers most common type of data stolen
Virus benefit theft
- Secret Service has stopped $1 billion in fraud in virus relief efforts
- FBI testimony on efforts to stop virus related fraud; note that IC3 has already had as many fraud complaints so far this year as all of last
- Washington state has lost roughly $600 million to Nigerians in unemployment fraud; about $300 million recovered so far
- West Virginia loses millions to fraud unemployment claims
- Nevada is having major problems with theft in its virus assistance efforts
- Michigan reviewing 15% of unemployment claim for possible fraud
Coronavirus
- Over 10% of people in the UK have been victims of a virus scam
- Canadian woman learns scammers received Canadian Emergency Response benefits using her name
- UK arrests man selling fake virus test kits to UK and US
- FBI statement on efforts to fight virus frauds
- 3M sues Amazon seller over counterfeit N95 masks
