Are your company’s funds safe on the inside of your organization? As the Starks say in Game of Thrones, “Winter is Coming!” Some types of fraud are inevitable, and businesses should be prepared! Are you too trusting? Consider this example: Brice is the owner of a gym. Brice sees...
Surprise audits are one of the least-used forms of anti-fraud controls, but one of the most effective, according to a 2014 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Only 29 percent of American companies who were victims of...
Segregating duties to prevent fraud and reduce weak controls is not always easy, especially when you have a small accounting department. However, there are some simple internal controls that are often over looked that you can put in place to eliminate some risk.
Think fraud cannot occur in your organization? Think again. No organization is immune to fraud. All organizations are susceptible to fraud whether they realize it or not. Did you know that small businesses are the organizations most susceptible to fraud? Much of this exposure comes from the “it couldn’t...