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Fraud's Finer Points
As we covered in part one, travel fraud is one of the most common forms of fictitious expense schemes I have encountered during my career. Instead of overstating a real business expense, these employees invent travel activities and submit false expense reports.
Which employees will file false travel vouchers with their employers? Of course, anybody conceivably could meet the criteria of the three elements of the fraud triangle. Every employee has the opportunity to commit travel fraud. Those who do commit these crimes have motivations and justifications for their behavior that most of us simply cannot understand.
Fraudsters love a good crisis. Governments worldwide established procurement procedures during COVID-19, but quick actions to save lives often bypassed standard safeguards. Here’s how government agencies during future disasters can limit and/or prevent rampant corruption and fraud.
You knew that when U.S. states began holding vaccine lotteries and sweepstakes, fraudsters would get in on the action. Also, here’s what happens when crooks attack their victims — again.
Identity-theft fraudsters with no consciences use any opportunity to find new victims. Witness attempts to rip off vaccine hunters, caring grandparents and desperate job seekers.
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Multi-award-winning investigative journalist Dan McCrum overcame many roadblocks while investigating the Wirecard fraud scandal for the Financial Times. Watch him discuss how he brought this important story to light. View the video.