9 Telco Insiders Arrested for Bypass Fraud in Venezuela
Tarek William Saab, Prosecutor General of Venezuela, accused employees of mobile operator Movilnet of using servers in Miami to reroute traffic and avoid international termination fees.
RAG and i3forum Join Forces Against Wholesale Fraud
i3forum’s Fight Against Fraud group, chaired by Katia Gonzalez Gutierrez of BICS, drives expectations for how international wholesale voice carriers cooperate to reduce crime.
US Adopts Anti-Robocall Law With Global Implications
The TRACED Act demands US telcos authenticate calls over IP and TDM networks, but the provisions for international enforcement and tackling wangiri fraud also raise questions for foreign telcos.
India Shuts Down Internet Over 100 Times for Second Year in a Row
The Indian economy has lost billions of dollars as a consequence of the government suspending internet services.
UK Reg Decides Crime Prevention Does Not Justify Handset Locking
Ofcom, the UK regulator, wants to ban the locking of mobile phones to networks, saying it is ‘not essential’ to reducing fraud.
Teenage SIM Swapper Accused of Stealing $1mn
Yousef Selassie took control of 75 phone accounts held by individuals believed to own cryptocurrency.
New Report Says Araxxe, LATRO and SIGOS Are Best Suppliers of Simbox Detection
Rocco Research repeated the evaluation exercise they also conducted in 2015, 2017 and 2018.
Why Has Subex Joined the RAG Wangiri Blockchain?
Rohit Maheshwari, Head Of Strategy and Products at Subex, explained why their market-leading fraud management system will connect to the global blockchain ledger of wangiri attacks.
Subex FMS Will Connect Users to Global Anti-Wangiri Blockchain
Hundreds of users of Subex’s fraud management system will be able to exchange intelligence via an API to the RAG Wangiri Blockchain.
Ericsson Pays $1bn to Settle US Bribery Case
The US Department of Justice has detailed some of the eye-watering amounts spent on bribes to win contracts from governments and telcos in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Djibouti and Kuwait.