CAMS · Question #970
Which financial crime risks are inherent to e-commerce platforms? (Select Four.)
The correct answer is A. E-commerce platforms exploited to move criminal proceeds B. Use of stolen bank cards for online purchases C. E-commerce platforms susceptible to fraud schemes D. E-commerce platforms used as a front for illicit transactions. E-commerce platforms are inherently exposed to financial crime because their anonymous, high-volume, and cross-border transaction environment enables money laundering, payment fraud, and the use of front businesses for illicit activity.
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Which financial crime risks are inherent to e-commerce platforms? (Select Four.)
Options
- AE-commerce platforms exploited to move criminal proceeds
- BUse of stolen bank cards for online purchases
- CE-commerce platforms susceptible to fraud schemes
- DE-commerce platforms used as a front for illicit transactions
- EE-commerce platforms encouraging unregulated peer-to-peer lending
- FUse of foreign currency to mask criminal proceeds
How the community answered
(30 responses)- A80% (24)
- E7% (2)
- F13% (4)
Why each option
E-commerce platforms are inherently exposed to financial crime because their anonymous, high-volume, and cross-border transaction environment enables money laundering, payment fraud, and the use of front businesses for illicit activity.
Criminals exploit e-commerce platforms by fabricating sales transactions to layer and integrate illicit funds, making them a recognized vehicle for the placement and layering stages of money laundering.
Stolen payment card credentials are routinely used on e-commerce platforms to make unauthorized purchases, representing a direct and well-documented fraud typology inherent to the channel.
The speed, scale, and relative anonymity of e-commerce make these platforms inherently susceptible to refund fraud, account takeover, and synthetic identity fraud schemes.
E-commerce storefronts can be established as front businesses to commingle criminal proceeds with apparent legitimate revenue, facilitating the integration stage of money laundering.
Unregulated peer-to-peer lending is a separate financial product category with its own distinct risk profile and is not an inherent risk arising from e-commerce platform operations.
The use of foreign currency to mask proceeds is a general financial crime technique not specifically inherent to e-commerce platforms, which typically process standard payment card and digital wallet transactions.
Concept tested: Inherent financial crime typologies in e-commerce platforms
Source: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/Methodsandtrends/Money-laundering-e-commerce.html
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