Ohio is moving to harden its food assistance system after a wave of electronic theft drained millions of dollars from low ...

TOWSON, MARYLAND — Inside a suburban Maryland gas station, the Secret Service's Vincent Porter runs his fingers over a card reader in front of a clerk, hunting for signs that the terminal has been ...

Ohio is taking a bold step to protect SNAP beneficiaries from fraud by proposing the replacement of magnetic stripe EBT cards ...

CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE IS ON IT. THIS WEEK, SEVERAL VIEWERS HAVE SENT ME THIS VIDEO ASKING ME THE QUESTION, IS THIS TRUE? IT’S CIRCULATING ON FACEBOOK AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA CLAIMING THAT ...

Chip Cards vs. Magnetic Stripes: Is One More Likely to Fall for Scams? Think back to the last time you paid for something at a store. Did you swipe your card, or did you dip it into the terminal? The ...

Card present (CP) fraud happens even with chip-enabled credit cards. Skimming and shimming are ways thieves steal personal information. File a complaint with your card issuer or agencies like the CFPB ...

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. It took nearly four months for New York to return ...