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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A man pleaded guilty to defrauding various people of more than $2 million through various different fraud schemes. Timothy Wadsworth, 35, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire ...

The card brand says advanced artificial intelligence is making it easier for crooks to trick consumers, but the technology ...

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A former Chick-fil-A worker in Texas is accused of trying to rake in the cheddar by ringing up 800 orders of mac and cheese and then refunding them to his personal credit cards. Subscribe to read this ...

SEC Monitoring Fraud Risks in Private Credit as Defaults Rise, Atkins Says Businesses that borrowed from private credit defaulted at a record 9.5% rate in 2025, according to credit rating firm Fitch ...

Criminal networks are actively deploying automated and AI-driven tools to attack financial systems at speeds human analysts simply cannot match.

LaToya Irby is a credit expert who has been covering credit and debt management for nearly 20 years. She's been quoted widely in national publications, and her work has been cited in several books.