Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Organizations lose 5% of revenue to fraud every year — a figure that has remained stubbornly stable. read more >

There’s always a lot of fraud. But there really has been more of it lately. read more >

Like crises before it, from Hurricane Katrina to the financial crisis of 2008, the coronavirus pandemic is likely to be a breeding ground for workplace fraud. read more >

I’ve accepted another invitation to speak to the Arkansas chapter of the Certified Fraud Examiners. I thought I’d have to scramble for material, but the hearing into former state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson’s motion to suppress evidence in his federal criminal case feels like manna from heaven. read more >

Accountant Edward M. Cooper Jr. occasionally asked for a few extra blank checks in case he made a mistake preparing payments for Roach Manufacturing Corp. in Trumann. read more >

When President Trump repeatedly declares people like me to be “enemies of the people” engaged in “fake news,” it is a deliberate effort to undermine one of the pillars of the American experiment in liberty and self-rule. read more >

Here’s a little mantra I’d like for you to commit to memory: Wherever there are human beings, there will be waste, fraud and abuse. read more >

The public corruption being described in fascinating, horrifying detail in a federal courtroom in Fayetteville illustrates how public officials counted on public money and conspired to get it. read more >

A typical organization — business, nonprofit, government, whatever — loses 5 percent of revenue to fraud in any given year. read more >

Every business should have a fraud prevention system in place that includes a solidly written fraud policy and provides training to develop a culture of fraud awareness. read more >

Every other year since 2000, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners has issued a big, thick study that it calls, ominously, “Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud.” The eighth Report to the Nations was released this month, and it came to the same conclusion as earlier ones: A typical organization loses 5 percent of revenue each year to fraud. read more >