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FTC closes Qchex
From: Al Mac <macwheel99 () sigecom net>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:13:18 -0500
A federal judge granted the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) request for a temporary restraining order against Qchex. The San Diego-based company allows customers to create and send electronic checks drawn on any bank account without verifying that drafter's authority to access that account. Fraudsters took advantage of the flawed electronic process by creating online, e-mailing, printing, and cashing false checks. Victims include both unwary account holders whose accounts were debited, and businesses who accepted fraudulent Qchex checks as payment for goods and services. [..] http://www.itcinstitute.com/display.aspx?ID=2487 _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 138 million compromised records in 441 incidents over 6 years.
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