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MTN Ghana Insiders Amongst Five Arrested for Attempting $280,000 SIM Swap Frauds

By Eric Priezkalns 26 Apr 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

The gang had already stolen GHC200,000 (USD27,000) before they were caught using mobile apps to make three more bank withdrawals.


LAPSUS$ Ransom Gang Proves It Is Easier to Hack People than Computers

By Eric Priezkalns 31 Mar 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

The arrest of an English teenager who offered $20,000 bribes to big telco insiders shows security paradigms do not fit the facts.


Insider IT Procurement Fraud at South African Operator May Have Been Worth over $35mn

By Eric Priezkalns 14 Sep 2021 Assurance & Audit

Cell C is said to have been ripped off by 83 inflated invoices submitted by external contractors and approved by Cell C’s Executive Head of IT.


Kroll Report Says TMT Firms More Likely to Experience Significant Fraud by External Parties

By Eric Priezkalns 21 Oct 2019 Risk, Fraud & Security

The survey also found that technology, media and telecoms (TMT) businesses suffered less internal fraud.


5 Ways to Heat Up Your Fraud Hotline

By Eric Priezkalns 11 Jun 2018 Risk, Fraud & Security

Whistleblowing hotlines are a good source of intelligence, but staff need to be encouraged to use them.


How to Mangle a Revenue Assurance Story

By Joseph Nderitu 5 Jun 2018 Assurance & Audit

The purchase of an RA solution by Safaricom causes a journalist to confuse his readers and draw all the wrong conclusions.


Former BT CFO Loses $675K Bonus After Failing to Spot Fraud

By Eric Priezkalns 11 May 2018 Risk, Fraud & Security

A very rich former exec who worked at BT for over 20 years will have slightly less money to spend during his retirement.


The Security Threat Is Inside Your Business

By Eric Priezkalns 13 Dec 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

Insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson found that two-thirds of US cybersecurity insurance claims were prompted by the abuses or negligence of employees.


Cox Communications VP Pleads Guilty to Multimillion Dollar Fraud

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Nov 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

Former marketing exec Janet West told her assistant to purchase fictitious services using the assistant’s corporate credit card.


Safaricom Sets Example by Firing 52 Fraudsters

By Eric Priezkalns 6 Oct 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

Finding fraud may be considered bad news, but it is good news that a leading African telco is leading the way by being so transparent.


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Saying African Telcos Are ‘Inadequately Prepared’ for Mobile Money Fraud Smacks of Unconscious Racism


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RAG RAFMCS Survey Results

Watch Eric Priezkalns give his summary of the largest ever survey of revenue assurance, fraud management and cybersecurity (RAFMCS) pros working for communications providers worldwide.

 

Recent Comments

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    New Data Shows Big Flaw in STIR/SHAKEN Is Now Even Worse
    You don't need to apologize, Dennis. The only person who was pedantic about the word 'authentication' was me. But I have reason to be pedantic as there is confusion between how the word is used by a...
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    New Data Shows Big Flaw in STIR/SHAKEN Is Now Even Worse
    Sorry if I was being pedantic about that one word. I have been in the business of reading and implementing specs, so I may get hung up on them. Either way I think we have converged onto the root of...

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