• Preventing Fraud After Finding It

    After a company has experienced internal fraud and has investigated the situation, how do they address the issue of fraud prevention? Moving forward after an internal fraud requires that management actually make good on promises to prevent future frauds. It […]

  • Do Fraud Investigations Reduce Fraud?

    When consumers think about investigating fraud, they do not usually think of the investigation as part of an overall plan to reduce fraud in a company. An investigation is typically seen as a reactive process that is only engaged in […]

  • Fraud is Just Part of a Controller’s Job

    Can you believe people actually admit to this stuff? A survey of accounting controllers done by FloQast found that lots of controllers think fraud is a routine part of their jobs. There are some awfully interesting results. 69% of the […]

  • Why Does Bankruptcy Matter During the Hiring Process?

    It’s difficult to know who is going to commit fraud at a company. In 89% of internal fraud cases (fraud committed by employees of a company), the perpetrator was never previously charged or convicted of a fraud-related offense. So there […]

  • Signs of Fraud

    There are many signs of fraud occurring within companies or with individuals. What are some of the signs we may see that indicate fraud is occurring? During a fraud investigation I am looking for signs that things are wrong. What […]

  • Article at CFO.com: Are Your Employees Committing Fraud?

    There’s a good chance fraud may be occurring under your nose. How to get better at preventing it from happening on your watch. Tracy L. Coenen – CFO Magazine Internal fraud is a huge risk to companies. Experts estimate that […]

  • Common Sense in Internal Investigations

    Last week Mike Volkov had a great post on his blog about using common sense in your internal investigations. Mike is an FCPA expert, and the guy you want to go to if your company is the target of a […]

  • Article at CFO.com: Taking on Fraud Probes Without Interfering

     How CFOs can assist independent investigators and not mess up the integrity of the results. By Tracy Coenen, Contributing Editor at CFO.com With the government’s increased focus on ferreting out corporate fraud, companies face a higher risk of gigantic defense […]

  • Taking on Fraud Probes Without Interfering

  • Steal and Conceal: MATC Procurement Director Fraud

    Today the Journal Sentinel ran a story about the fraud perpetrated on Milwaukee Area Technical College (and taxpayers) by Kristin Semits, the procurement director. Seimits is accused of stealing more than $259,000j over a 7 year period using her P-card […]