If you have an estate plan and also have creditors, you could be a fraud perpetrator — without knowing it or intending to defraud anyone. In some […]

You may have the best internal controls in the business world, but if your employees don’t follow them, your company is at serious risk […]

Many startup companies require access to large sums of investment capital to take on well-established competitors. The need to raise such funding may encourage […]

Over the past year, most businesses have been forced to contend with multiple crises, including COVID-19, social unrest and financial challenges. The last thing […]

Whew, you made it through 2020! But don’t rest easy yet as there’s new fraud to watch out for in 2021. The fraud perpetrators […]

In one recent cybercrime scheme, a mortgage company employee accessed his employer’s records without authorization, then used stolen customer lists to start his own […]

If you’ve caught an employee stealing from your company, you may think that turning the person over to the police will result in prosecution. […]

For most retailers, December is the most profitable season of the year. However, customer returns in January can cut deeply into December revenues — particularly if the […]

Despite our best intentions, almost everyone brings some bias to human interactions — even business owners and executives investigating fraud. Sometimes bias can lead […]

Most fraud-prevention guidance advises owners and manager to monitor employees. But what exactly does this mean? Are you legally entitled to monitor employee computer […]