Stephen Calk had argued against incarceration, while prosecutors asked for 51 to 63 months behind bars. The ousted bank CEO was convicted of approving $16 million of loans in exchange for Paul Manafort’s help in landing a job in the Trump administration.

UniCC is the the largest dark web vendor of stolen credit cards, with $358 million in purchases made through the market since 2013 using cryptocurrencies, according to a blockchain forensics firm.

There was an estimated $80 billion of fraud in the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, which the Small Business Administration managed on its own. Republicans argue that's evidence the agency is unsuited to make direct loans, as the White House wants it to do.

U.K. authorities expect to recover as much as 2 billion pounds ($2.7 billion) of fraudulent COVID loans over the next year, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday.

Research shows the number of fraudulent transactions and dollar amounts involved are soaring as merchants increasingly go digital. Credit card and other companies are expected to more than double what they invest in AI and other tech to fortify their systems.

Lawmakers are seeking documents from two companies — Blueacorn and Womply — over concerns about the suspected scale of fraud in Paycheck Protection Program loans they processed.

The Cooperative Bank in Massachusetts is working with the tech startup Carefull to monitor accounts for signs that older clients are being swindled by scammers — including people close to them.