Intelligence Brief
California Turns a Fraud Safeguard Into Law, Not a Checklist Item
Senate Bill 255 requires every county to mail a deed-and-mortgage alert within 30 days, closing a gap that used to depend on someone remembering to enroll
A New Line Into FINRA
The regulator's 2026 oversight report names a fraud-intelligence channel and a dedicated focus on Trusted Contact Persons
What H.R. 2478 Actually Does
The bill the House passed 414 to 2 reaches mutual fund redemptions through transfer agents. Most summaries of it describe bank withdrawals.
The Deletion Clock Started
California's data broker platform went live on 1 August. The enforcement case behind it shows why reducing exposure is the lever that exists, and prosecution is not.
A Guilty Plea Shows Exactly How Fraud Networks Outrun Bank Controls
A federal case out of Phoenix names the mechanism: convert the money before any hold can reach it
