What Are Your Job Applicants Hiding?
Checkster, a reference checking company, has found that 78% of job candidates either misrepresent or consider misrepresenting […]
The IRS has compiled the annual Dirty Dozen list for more than 20 years as a […]
Don’t Fall for Invoice Fraud Schemes
Middle-market businesses lose an average of almost $300,000 annually to invoice fraud, according to a recent survey by software company Medius and researcher Censuswide. […]
Fraud’s New Frontier: NFTs
When new technologies emerge, it can take time for the general public to learn how they work. Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, first appeared in […]
Preventing “Privileged User” Fraud and Abuse
In most companies, employees need a user identity to access work-related hardware and software. Privileges to use certain applications or open certain files usually […]
Don’t Let Tax ID Thieves Steal Your Refund
Any form of identity theft can be costly, unsettling, and take months — sometimes years — to fully recover from and repair. But tax-related identity theft can […]
Don’t Let Fraud Break the Bonds of Your Family Business
According to Family Enterprise USA, 87% of U.S. companies are family businesses, which are responsible for 54% of gross domestic product or $7.7 trillion. […]
Protect Your Public Company with an Insider Trading Policy
Successful stock trading requires access to information — preferably publicly available information. However, some investors attempt to get a jump on the market by […]
Using Adverse Media to Head Off Fraud
Many financial companies search for negative news, also known as “adverse media,” as part of their due diligence process for potential customers. But this type of screening […]
Do Your ESG Initiatives Open the Door to Fraud?
Within a relatively short period, corporate environmental, social and governance
