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Articles tagged with: Fraud
Five Men Jailed for £140 Million Mobile Phone Tax Fraud
..tealing £140 million (US$227 million) in a 'missing trader' (MTIC) Value Added Tax (VAT) fraud. The men from London, Berkshire & Gloucester were jailed for their involvement in failing to pay over £140m of VAT due to HM Revenue & more
Seven Men Jailed for $60 Million Mobile Phone Tax Fraud
..in jail for their part in stealing £38 million (US$60 million) in a 'missing trader' tax fraud which used the import of mobile phones and computer parts to manipulate the sales tax (VAT) system. A further two will be sentenced in the comi more
New Test for Anti Steering of Roaming Subscribers
..e steering policies of roaming partners, the presence of SMS fraud and traffic lost to non-provisioned links. more
Related Tags: evolved-intelligence, roaming, ss7, connect
Mobile Phone Fraudster Gets Additional 9 Years in Jail
A previously convicted mobile phone VAT fraudster has received an extra nine years in jail after failing to repay £40 million (US$86 million) of his criminal profits, following a confiscation order secured last month. He still owes the money and criminal investigators from the UK's HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) are actively pursuing its return. more
Related Tags: vat, hmrc, court, UK
Mobile Networks Face a Growing Security Crisis
..een somewhat removed from security threats. It has been possible to treat the low-level fraud that has been with the mobile industry since its inception as a minor irritant," says Patrick Donegan, Senior Analyst of Heavy Reading. "The more
A "rising tide" of SS7 based mobile network fraud
Evolved Intelligence is warning that new forms of SS7 based fraud threaten serious damage to mobile operators. The company, which operates SS7 monitoring services for a number of operators, has recently observed new forms of fraud which are defeating many of the counter measures that operators currently have in place. more
Related Tags: evolved-intelligence, ss7, telecom
Internal Fraud is viewed as a 'Growing Concern' Survey Shows
The majority (85%) of respondents to an industry survey indicated that internal fraud is a growing concern for the telecom industry. The survey was carried out within cVidya's annual user conference which took place in Barcelona with 180 participants, from 60 customers and partners, from 35 countries worldwide. Amongst the CSPs represented at the conference were Bell Canada, Orange Group, Telefonica Group, O2 and Vodafone. more
Related Tags: telecom, coverage, prs
Mobile scams costing users five times more than PC scams, warns AdaptiveMobile
..oit Smartphone capabilities to connect to the internet resulting in click fraud or as an entry vector for mobile viruses, through to simpler social engineering attacks that apply to any mobile handset, such as Missed Call Alerts or SMS messages more
Related Tags: adaptivemobile, premium-rate, connect
Operator News in Brief - 2nd Nov 2010
Denmark's TDC has launched a home alarm service that sends a text message to subscribers if their home burglar alarm is triggered. more
Related Tags: 3g-network, usa
Nearly Half of UK Wi-Fi Routers Can be Hacked in Seconds - Report
..over the course of an hour, putting themselves at risk from fraudsters who could harvest their personal and financial information. Identity fraud expert from CPP, Michael Lynch, said: "This report is a real eye-opener in highlighting how more
Related Tags: wi-fi, target, wireless, insurance, UK
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