Mitigating Insider Threats: Corporate Investigations as a Defense Strategy
In today’s world, companies face many risks. One of the biggest risks comes from within the company itself. These are called insider threats, and when employees or other trusted people inside a company do things that harm the business. These actions can be stealing secrets, damaging property, or even leaking important information. This blog will […]
Fraud & Corporate Crime: How To immediately Protect Your Organization Today
Do thoughts of how to handle fraud and corporate crime prevention keep you up at night? Perhaps they should, because annual losses from these kinds of crimes in the U.S. are estimated to lie somewhere between $426 billion and $1.7 trillion annually. That’s a vast hole for businesses and organizations like yours to plug. How can […]
Signs of a Home Improvement Scam
Adding value to one’s home is an investment many homeowners hope to make to their property. One of the most common ways to do this is by renovating the interior of the home, the exterior or both. When it comes to vetting contractors for the job, consumers must be vigilant of scammers who hope to […]
Scammers Get Personal Information From Your Phone SIM
Top 5 Most Common Frauds in 2019
Being a responsible consumer in the year 2019 means educating yourself—not just on the products and services—but of the ways scammers and thieves exploit consumer behavior for their own financial gain. As technology advances with the convenience of SMS text messaging as a security feature, financial applications that put your finances at your fingertips, and […]
SIM Card Swapping Scams Leave Businesses Vulnerable
Smartphones have become such an integral part of our everyday lives that many users joke their devices have become grafted to their hands. We use them to maintain contact in our work and personal lives, correspond through email and social media, and a bulk of Americans have made the transition to conducting their banking through […]
ShutDown: Consumer Fraud Investigations Halted
A DIVERSE BOARD COULD HAVE PROTECTED THERANOS
Elizabeth Holmes was once the shooting star of Silicon Valley. With a lifelong hatred of needles, she set out to turn the world of healthcare on its ear by developing a more efficient and inexpensive way to draw and test blood in order to screen for serious diseases. In a world where access to affordable […]
Virtual Kidnapping Scams
By: Kym Pasqualini, Lauth Investigations Feature Crime Writer You receive a phone call and hear the voice of someone you don’t recognize. They tell you they have your child and will kill them unless you pay a ransom. They direct you not to call police or you will never see your child again. What would […]
What to Do About Robocalls
In recent months, many Americans have been receiving calls from parts of the country they have never heard from before. They wonder to themselves, “Who could possibly be calling me from Bristol, Rhode Island? I don’t know anyone in Bristol.” They accept the call, and a voice will tell them that an agent with their […]