Defrauded? Prioritize evidence preservation By: Anthony LaNasa You may suspect that an employee has stolen from your company. But without evidence of a crime, you’ll have a hard time pursuing prosecution. So if you discover fraud, first […]
Watch out for these 5 business service scams By: Anthony LaNasa Preventing fraud from costing your company can sometimes seem like a game of whack-a-mole: Squash one scheme and another one pops up. Business service scams are particularly abundant. Fraud perpetrators […]
When limited partners suspect general partners of fraud By: Anthony LaNasa Fraud suspicions are hard enough to investigate if you’re a business owner and call the shots. But what if you’re a limited partner (LP) in a business where a general […]
Bad romance: Your online “match” may be a fraudster By: Anthony LaNasa According to various estimates, approximately 25% to 30% of online dating accounts involve scammers. Therefore, if you maintain a dating platform account, you need to know that a significant portion […]
Forget cybercrime — “creepers” are an old-school threat to your business By: Anthony LaNasa If you devote all your business’s security resources to fending off hackers and other cybercriminals, you may be unlocking the door, literally, to more basic types of theft. “Creepers” are […]
With international trade fraud, your ship may never come in By: Anthony LaNasa The U.S. economy depends on import and export markets to run as designed. After all, revenue from trade tariffs and duties contribute $30 billion annually to federal government coffers. Unfortunately, […]
How you can help stop elder financial abuse By: Anthony LaNasa It’s one of the most difficult types of fraud to unearth. But it doesn’t directly affect businesses or the average consumer — in large part because its victims rarely report […]
How to put the brakes on lapping schemes By: Anthony LaNasa Lapping is one of the most common ways crooked employees skim money from their employers. In these schemes, a perpetrator uses receipts from one account to cover theft from another. […]
Wielding Benford’s Law to find fraud By: Anthony LaNasa Benford’s Law is a long-standing statistical precept that remains as relevant and widely accepted in fighting fraud as ever. By wielding it effectively, experts can cut down fraudsters who unknowingly […]
Encourage sales staff to walk an ethical line By: Anthony LaNasa When the market competition heats up, you might provide extra incentives for your sales staff to perform. But be careful: Some employees may step over the line — to earn […]
Typosquatters profit from common user errors By: Anthony LaNasa The Web has opened plenty of new avenues for criminal behavior. For example, you may have heard of cybersquatting. Someone registers a site’s domain name that includes a trademark and […]
Why affinity fraud is particularly heinous By: Anthony LaNasa Affinity fraud — where perpetrators exploit connections of race, religion, age, politics, and profession — is one of the cruelest forms of criminal deception. Fraudsters often belong to the groups […]