What Is Identity Theft? (video)

Do you know the common ways identities are stolen and how you can best protect yourself? . Watch the latest animated video from the ACFE. All data is sourced from the 2018 and 2016 editions of the ACFE Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, the ACFE’s global fraud study. [Read more…]

The Rise and Fall of an Embezzlement Scheme (video)

After the reinsurance company Nathan Mueller worked for was purchased by ING for $6 billion, he played a key role in transitioning its operations onto ING’s enterprise resource planning system. He began embezzling money to pay off personal debt and fund a passion for gambling. What started as a $1,100 check to a credit card, spiraled into an $8.5 million fraud over the next four years. It was only a co-worker’s suspicions that brought the fraud to an end. After being caught, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison. He was released in September of 2014. In this video, Nathan describes the details of his embezzlement scheme.  [Read more…]

What Does Fraud Mean To You? (video)

You may not think about it every day, but fraud affects your life more than you may realize. Learn how to protect yourself in the latest video from the ACFE. [Read more…]

ACFE 2017 Global Fraud Study – The Staggering Cost of Fraud

Organizations worldwide lose an estimated 5 percent of their annual revenues to fraud, according to the 2017 ACFE Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse. Fraud takes many shapes and forms, among them corporate fraud, consumer fraud, tax fraud, identity theft and many others. [Read more…]

ACFE 2016 Global Fraud Study – Fraud In Small Business

Anti-fraud professionals, business managers, government and regulatory agencies, and the media each have a vested interest in assessing the total amount of money lost to fraud each year. While many studies have attempted to determine the extent of fraud’s financial impact, the challenges in arriving at the true total cost of fraud are numerous. [Read more…]