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Michelle Thiel is an advocate for the information industry with an interest in bankruptcy court record, mortgage fraud, and USA Patriot Act..

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In the era of digital technology has lowered the barrier to obtain information. Today, individuals are able to verify the credentials, individual identities corporate affiliations and tax IDs. In addition to verifying identities, research of public records can be more easily achieved. This is...

Each day financial institutions face the risk of mortgage fraud. Mortgage fraud has become a financial crimes fastest growing in the history of the United States. Consequently, the federal government created a task force to address mortgage fraud as a type of white collar crime.Too...

Mortgage fraud is one of financial crimes growing fast in the history of the United States. Techniques to commit mortgage fraud have grown more sophisticated, leading to more advanced techniques against the fight against mortgage fraud. In 2005, the FBI reported more than one billion dollars in...

point of sale (POS) applications constantly checking adulthood battle. The sale of alcohol and tobacco to the United States requires a merchant to verify the age of the customer. A successful verification of the consumer age and identity results in a sale for the place of retail. Failing to take...

authentication of identity is a component of identifying identity fraud risk. Advances in technology through fingerprint biometric services have led to biometric verification becoming a potential tool in identity verification.What is the authentication of identity? The authentication...

Identity fraud is a crime that costs all of us. Since the measures have been strengthened in recent years to mitigate identity fraud, so too has the sophistication of fraud. People who were dedicated to committing fraud had the upper hand for some time, but the technology is catching up to these...

fraud score is a component of many mortgage fraud schemes. This type of fraud is one of the most sophisticated techniques are used to commit mortgage fraud. As a financial crimes fastest growing in the history of U.S. action against mortgage fraud are required. One of these measures is to target...

One of the best ways to fight against fraud is to take a proactive approach. However, some professionals believe that the software detecting fraud is the only type of software available (or necessary) to fight against fraud. Certainly, detection through monitoring can play an important role in...

Section 326 of the Patriot Act required the U.S. Secretary of Treasury to develop regulations setting forth minimum standards regarding customer identification for opening new accounts at certain financial institutions. Bank branches and federal regulatory developed regulations to implement...

Imagine this situation, you have been filled with the responsibility to exercise due diligence to your organization. Where to start? What types of research you need to do? What kind of public record checks you need to conduct to protect the value of your brand?Business information can...