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Journal entries may signal financial statement fraud

By: Tony LaNasa

With a median loss of $954,000, financial statement fraud is the costliest type of white-collar crime, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Fortunately, auditors and forensic accountants may […]

5 ways to protect your investment accounts from fraud

By: Tony LaNasa

Because the average investment account boasts a much larger balance that a typical checking or savings account, cybercriminals are particularly interested in hacking them. Financial institutions are largely responsible for […]

How fraud perpetrators are stealing unemployment benefits

By: Tony LaNasa

When Congress authorized an additional $600 in monthly unemployment benefits as part of the CARES Act, out-of-work Americans weren’t the only ones it helped. Criminals have descended like locusts on […]

Watch out! Organized crime has adapted just fine to COVID-19

By: Tony LaNasa

Unlike some legitimate businesses, organized crime enterprises can be expected to weather the current COVID-19 crisis. In fact, with millions of Americans now working from home, organized crime-related cyber fraud […]

Skimming may sound small, but losses can be significant

By: Tony LaNasa

Skimming isn’t the biggest fraud threat for most businesses. The theft of cash receipts represents only 11% of asset appropriation schemes, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ […]

Fraud in the family business

By: Tony LaNasa

Family businesses make up the vast majority of companies in the United States and produce 62% of the country’s gross domestic product, according to the Conway Center for Family Business. […]

How smart software can help you find fraud

By: Tony LaNasa

Machine learning increasingly is being used to discover fraud schemes. With this type of artificial intelligence (AI), the technology learns or improves in accuracy through experience, rather than through additional […]

Is there a fraud perpetrator behind those behavioral issues?

By: Tony LaNasa

The recently released 2020 Association of Certified Fraud Examiner’s (ACFE’s) occupational fraud study, Report to the Nations, reveals that the most common behavioral red flag exhibited by fraud perpetrators is […]

Where’s my package? Foiling parcel delivery thieves

By: Tony LaNasa

Even before the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic struck, Americans received a lot of packages. About 18 billion parcels were shipped in the United States in 2018, according to […]

Don’t get shortchanged by a liquidating business

By: Tony LaNasa

Several major companies have already filed for bankruptcy during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and many more large and small businesses are expected to follow suit. If you’re a creditor […]

Recent efforts to corral COVID-19 fraudsters

By: Tony LaNasa

The COVID-19 pandemic has opened the floodgates to scam artists attempting to profit from sick, anxious and financially vulnerable Americans. On the frontlines fighting fraud are the Federal Trade Commission […]

Give your employees a voice to report fraud

By: Tony LaNasa

Before the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic struck, employees who suspected occupational fraud in their organizations had multiple options for notifying their employers. For example, they could use interoffice mail to […]

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