Over 15 million US residents have their identities stolen each year. Identify theft results in financial losses amounting to $50 billion. On average 7% of adults have their identity misused, which results in a loss of $ 3,500 per person for each case of stolen identity. 100 million people are potentially at risk of having their identities stolen.

The kind of experience that your customer has during the checkout process at your store has a huge impact on whether they decide to come back to your store or if they decide to never come back.

Scott Wolfe, a Police Constable in Regina, Canada came across a counterfeiting case one fall, where a counterfeiter had cut out the security window from a $5 bill and transferred it to a $50 bill and a $100 bill.

The THC in the marijuana plant is medicinal and the fibers in hemp can be used in manufacturing. This has led to marijuana being legalized in some states in the US. This includes states like Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska. It is expected that 16 more states will legalize the use of marijuana within the next 5 years.

The Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, announced a redesign of some US bills. The bills to be redesigned include the $5 bill, the $10 bill and the $20 bill. This new generation of currency features women and non politicians on the bills, which has not been the norm in the past. Here are the various changes that have been made to the bills.

In order to safeguard the casino industry and to minimize illicit behavior, it is advisable for casinos to put in place or to comply with money laundering practices that have been put in place by government agencies. Not only is this good for the casinos, it is also good for the national security and for the financial systems of the countries that they operate in.

As long as you pay taxes you are a potential victim of identity theft. This is because tax identity theft is on the rise. According to the findings of the General Accountability Office, $5.8 billion was paid out to identity thieves in the form of cash refunds in 2013.

According to Dubuque law enforcement, businesses have noted there has been a rise in counterfeit bills. Key West True Value hardware store owners reported that a woman had used a fraudulent $100 bill on Oct. 18, and police reported that several other businesses are seeing customers with fake money.

Although casino gambling was basically nonexistent in the United States before 1980 except for Nevada and Atlantic City, NJ, it has grown considerably since then. To date, nearly 30 states have legalized casino gambling, and others are seriously debating whether to make it legal.