According to the FBI's latest cybercrime report, the agency received more than 21,489 business email compromise complaints that totaled more than $2.9 billion in losses in 2023. For this and other ...

CertifID’s 2024 State of Wire Fraud report released Tuesday found that 1 in 20 Americans who bought or sold a home within the past three years have been victims of some type of real estate fraud ...

In an analysis of more than 100 real estate wire fraud cases, CertifID found that the most common wire fraud-related legal liability issues for real estate firms are negligence, breach of contract ...

Purchasing a home is an exciting milestone in a person's life, but criminals are increasingly exploiting such transactions through real estate fraud, robbing victims who are often left with little ...

CertifID's 2024 State of Wire Fraud report released Tuesday found that 1 in 20 Americans who bought or sold a home within the past three years have been victims of some type of real estate fraud ...

Scammers are targeting would-be homeowners at levels real estate agents in Ohio say they have not seen before. The scams, carried out through wire fraud, are also getting more convincing ...

Real estate wire fraud has grown 50x in less than a decade, from $9M to $446M in annual losses reported to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Cybercrime has risen in the housing sector ...

Two owners of an Oregon-based real estate investment firm stand accused ... The pair are accused of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. Investors were allegedly ...

Moreover, real estate fraud happens more frequently than you’d think with 1 in 20 consumers having the potential to become a fraud victim during a home purchase transaction. In many wire fraud ...

Tom Cronkright, co-founder and executive chairman of real estate fraud protection company CertifID, said that while wire fraud is an overall pervasive issue across the country, it is particularly ...