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byLowers & Associates | January 06, 2015

We’re pleased to kick off the new year by sharing our most-read blog posts from the Risk Management Blog in 2014. 1. Protecting Against Ghost Employee Fraud Payroll fraud accounts for about 9.3% of occupational fraud at a cost…

byMark Lowers | December 17, 2014

The evidence is that organizational fraud occurs at a startling rate and at great cost. Fraudsters can occupy positions at any level and in any kind of organization, finding creative ways to enrich themselves at the expense of the…

byLowers & Associates | November 24, 2014

Saturday wrapped up Fraud Week, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) international week of anti-fraud awareness. We are extremely proud to have joined hundreds of organizations around the world to support this effort. The risk of organizational fraud…

byLowers & Associates | November 19, 2014

Organizational fraud is a hidden crime. But when it is detected, it is often by a colleague or employee of the perpetrator who happens to discover the fraud – over 40% of the initial detection of a fraud is…

byMark Lowers | November 18, 2014

Most managers, and in fact employees at all levels, assume their co-workers are honest and working to do their best for the organization. Unless they are the one who is perpetrating a fraud. Unfortunately, occupational fraud is a lot…