Fiscal Consequences
“If you’re right about this, the consequences are enormous for the federal fisc.”
–Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told John Jacobs, a lawyer whose client James Bormes had brought a federal case on behalf of a client and paid a filing fee through the federal government’s pay.gov system with his personal credit card. The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether the government could be liable for damages by printing confidential credit card information on a customer’s receipt.
Iran Cyber Threat
“I think they’re (Iran) closer than we’d all like them to be to come in and cause trouble on our financial services networks.”
–Mike Rogers, head of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said that significant new cyber threats to U.S. financial networks appeared to be emerging from an “unusual” source.
Escalating Fraud
“The insurance fraud problem is estimated to exceed US $40 billion globally and is showing no signs of abatement.”
–Russ Schreiber, head of FICO’s insurance practice, commenting on a survey of U.S. insurers showing the high cost of insurance claims fraud.
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