Fraud

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Straw Purchase Bust Out Fraud – Miami’s Multi-Million Dollar Auto Fraud

March 4, 2025 Cucolle1

If you’re lending in Florida, you’ve probably been hit by the South Beach Bust...

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Open Lending Partners with Point Predictive to Enhance Income Verification Process

October 15, 2024 Cucolle1

Automotive lending enablement provider to increase loan conversion and paystub fraud prevention via new...

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Point Predictives 2024 Auto Lending Fraud Trends Report

May 12, 2024 Cucolle1

Point Predictives 2024 Auto Lending Fraud Trends Report Our 2024 Annual Fraud Report is...

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Woman Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Use Stolen Identities to Fraudulently Purchase Vehicles

May 6, 2024 Cucolle1

Woman Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Use Stolen Identities to...

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State AG Shuts Down Fraud Document and Paystub Company

January 1, 2024 Cucolle1

allegations revealed that the company was selling “credit privacy numbers” and “authorized user tradelines”...

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Dealer Fraud – The Earliest Account – 1941

June 1, 2023 Cucolle1

There are the personal “straw buyer” loans, where a relative or friend signs a...

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Watch Fraudster get Kicked Out of Dealership

April 26, 2023 Cucolle1

The word “con” in con man comes from the term “confidence man.” And, I...

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Point Predictive Fraud Catch of the Week

April 20, 2023 Cucolle1

If the Shoe Fits… Welcome to this week’s fraud alert email, your go-to source...

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Fraud Catch of the Week

April 9, 2023 Cucolle1

By Point Predictive Welcome to our weekly fraud alert, your go-to source for the...

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Point Predictive’ s 2023 Auto Lending Fraud Survey

February 20, 2023 Cucolle1

Income misrepresentation, synthetic identity risk, and dealer fraud amongst top lender concerns for 2023...

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A 360 View of TransUnion’s TLOxp Skip Tracing Software

January 25, 2023 Cucolle1

Gain a 360 view of people and businesses with streamlined investigative, risk-management, and skip...

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NM man sentenced for $1.5M auto loan fraud

September 8, 2022 Cucolle1

Defrauded six credit unions and three banks FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander...

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Scammers now posing as the CFPB

September 5, 2022 Cucolle1

It starts with a phone call; “I am John Smith from the Consumer Financial...

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The First Case of Credit Card Fraud – 1899

August 15, 2022 Cucolle1

Hardly a day goes by without getting a credit card offer in the mail....

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Confessions of a Straw Buyer

June 7, 2022 Cucolle1

How I Bought Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Luxury Cars and Got Blacklisted by...

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Teen charged in $600K auto fraud scheme

June 1, 2022 Cucolle1

Charged with Illegally selling Corvettes, Tesla’s, Corvettes and an Escalade While most 17-year-olds are...

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LA Fraudster pleads guilty in $1.5M auto lease fraud

January 20, 2022 Cucolle1

Fraudulently Obtained Luxury Cars from 128 Victims Who Wanted Out of Their Leases and...

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1938 – The birth of synthetic ID fraud

January 19, 2022 Cucolle1

Synthetic Identity has been called the fastest-growing financial crime in America. It’s often considered...