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• NYC No. 1 In E-Commerce Fraud

  May 01, 2012 - The bulk of online fraud in the United States comes from New York City, followed by Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Omaha, San Francisco, Houston, Washington, D.C., and Lexington, Ky., according to a ThreatMetrix study. The study concludes that if a person conducts online transactions in New York City they are most at risk of fraud. ThreatMetrix sampled nearly 1 billion transactions handled by U.S. e-commerce vendors during the first quarter of 2012 to assess key fraud areas and scored each transaction as either low-, medium-, or high-risk. High-risk transactions are usually rejected automatically by merchants while medium-risk ones tend to result in manual reviews. "As fraudsters grow more sophisticated and expand gl...

• Biometrics to Catch Virtual Criminals?

  May 01, 2012 - Security researchers presenting at an upcoming conference in Baltimore will discuss the rise of criminal activity in virtual worlds such as Second...

• Dennis Brownstein's Extreme Court News

  May 01, 2012 - Court Ain't No Reality Show A Rockford man is scheduled to be in Kane County court next month, to face charges that he recorded a Kane Coun...

• LexisNexis; Nonprofit Audit Delivers Industry Leading Background Screening Insights, Trends And Best

  May 01, 2012 - LexisNexis Risk Solutions released its 2012 Nonprofit Screening Review, The Power of Positive Information, a comprehensive analysis of volunteer an...

• Study Says NFL Teams Would Be Crazy Not To Draft Players With Criminal Rap Sheets

  May 01, 2012 - An economic professor from Hamilton College says NFL teams should stockpile criminals in the Draft, the AP reports. Fine, he doesn't say th...

• Domino's Pizza Named In FCRA Lawsuit

  May 01, 2012 - Justin D'Heilly was working as a Domino's Pizza delivery driver in St. Paul, Minn., in 2009 when he pulled over to take a call from his man...

• Cops To 'Adopt' A Criminal

  May 01, 2012 - In a bid to keep a close tab on those with criminal records, one criminal at a time, the police commissionerate has decided to embark on an 'ad...

• Increasing Numbers Of Employers Request Extracts From The Criminal Records Registry

  May 01, 2012 - It has become evermore common that employers check whether an applicant for a job has a criminal record. The number of enquires made to the Cri...

• Kid On Kid Sexual Abuse Tops 33%

  May 01, 2012 - More than one-third of the sexual abuse of America's children is committed by other minors. Basic data about child-on-child sex abuse is de...

• Your Information Online: The Good and the Bad a Woodinville Patch Opinion

  May 01, 2012 - Take a step beyond Google and learn about all the other ways your private information is available online - legally. Plus, that might not always be...

• What's Your Honesty Quotient?

  May 01, 2012 - Being honest is like being pregnant; either you are or you aren't. But one study has discovered that a high percentage of Americans believe...

• New Jersey Judgments And Liens Online

  May 01, 2012 - The state court system has provided a way to look up judgments and liens online. The new database allows residents to see includes liens result...

• Free Driver License Status Checks by BRB Public Record Update

  May 01, 2012 - Motor vehicle records (driving records, title, registration, accident reports, etc.) are not public when the records contain personal information....

• Pending New Jersey Bill Will Increase Many Court Fees by BRB Public Record Update

  May 01, 2012 - NJ Bill A763 was passed by the NJ State Assembly and now is making its way to the State Senate. In general, the bill contains fee increases that in...

• South Dakota Raises Fee for Court Record Searches by BRB Public Record Update

  May 01, 2012 - On March 20, 2012, the South Dakota Governor signed HB 1058. The new law will increase search fees charged to view or obtain Circuit Court records....

• Reminder - PACER Went to $.10 a Page on April 1st by BRB Public Record Update

  May 01, 2012 - The Federal Court System provides public access to court case information via the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system. Effecti...

• Feds Warn Employers Of Lawsuits Over Background Checks

  May 01, 2012 - For many employers, a criminal background check is a no-brainer when hiring workers -- especially those handling money or with safety responsibilit...

• CRB checks top 30million but create 'atmosphere of mistrust'

  May 01, 2012 - Adults would rather ignore a lost or injured child than be accused of being a paedophile, according to campaigners who believe mass vetting over th...