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3/25/24 IN-PERSON ROTARY: Check Fraud, Security Federal, Chris Verenes and Mallory Holley

What was once a routine way to pay your bills — handwriting paper checks at the kitchen table, dropping envelopes into a blue metal box on the street — has become a high-risk endeavor: It provides the raw materials for low-level fraud artists and sophisticated crime rings, costing financial institutions billions. It has put banks on high alert, though their efforts to catch the fraud also routinely entangle innocent customers, causing institutions to suddenly freeze or shut down customer accounts in the process. Many of the bad guys manage to disappear without any consequences.

“Fraudsters go where the money is easiest,” said Chad Hetherington, a vice president at NICE Actimize, a financial crimes company specializing in fraud prevention.

Even as check use has rapidly declined over the past couple of decades, check fraud has risen sharply, particularly since the pandemic. The cons may start with stealing pieces of paper, but they leverage technology and social media to commit fraud on a grander scale, banking insiders and fraud experts said. In the past, criminals needed a special internet browser that would ……..

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Rotary Readers program helps students at East Aiken School of the Arts

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Rotary Club of Aiken awards $21,400 in Community Service Grants

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Create Hope in the World

Rotary International President R. Gordon R. McInally revealed the 2023-24 presidential theme, Create Hope in the World,  asking members to restore hope by helping the world heal from destructive conflicts and create lasting change within ourselves. McInally told attendees he plans to make mental health a focus and emphasized continuity in advancing the goals of previous leaders, including empowering girls and eradicating polio.

R. Gordon R. McInally, President of Rotary International, 2023-2024

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We meet Mondays at Newberry Hall in vibrant downtown Aiken. Our lunch buffet opens at noon, meeting starts at 12:30 pm, and we adjourn at 1:30 pm. Please stop by the registration table so we can get your information. Come join us!

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Pickle Ball

Pickleball is fun, social and friendly! The rules are simple and the game is easy for beginners to learn, but can develop into a fast-paced, competitive game. Pickleball is a […]

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Polo in Aiken – Tiger Kneece, Aiken Polo Club manager

Polo first arrived in Aiken in 1882, just six years after the game was introduced to this side of the Atlantic. Over the next years, the sport became an integral […]

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Dr. Robert Bank, Director, SC Dept. of Mental Health Agency

Robert Bank, MD, was appointed acting director of the South Carolina of Mental Health by the South Carolina Mental Health Commission in September of 2022. Dr. Bank, who began his […]

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Tim Hardee, President of the South Carolina Technical College System

Hardee has served over 30 years in education in South Carolina, including 15 at Central Carolina Technical College. He has been honored by Coastal Carolina University with the Outstanding Alumni […]

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Aiken Rotary Scholarship Program, 2024

For many years, the Rotary Club of Aiken has awarded scholarships to worthy students. We awarded a $7,500 scholarship to 23 students from the Class of 2023 for a total […]

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Staff Sgt Ryan Pitts, Medal of Honor Recipient

Ryan Pitts is a former United States Army soldier and the ninth living recipient of the Medal of Honor from the War in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts joined the […]

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Newberry Hall, 117 Newberry St SW
Aiken, SC 29801
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