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byLowers & Associates | November 21, 2019

As the ACFE’s 2019 Fraud Awareness Week comes to a close, it’s a good time to create your plan for fraud prevention in the year ahead. These seven fraud prevention strategies, drawn from the 2018 Report to the Nations…

byLowers & Associates | November 20, 2019

Losses from occupational fraud topped $7 billion in 2017, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) most recent global study on occupational fraud and abuse, 2018 Report to the Nations. The median loss for all cases in…

byLowers & Associates | November 19, 2019

As part of the 2019 International Fraud Awareness Week, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) distributes information and training to help anti-fraud professionals reduce the incidence of fraud and white-collar crime. A recent ACFE publication, 5 Fraud Tips…

byLowers & Associates | November 18, 2019

This week is the 2019 International Fraud Awareness Week, an initiative of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) to encourage business leaders and employees to prevent and minimize the impact of fraud in the workplace. Occupational fraud, that…

byLowers & Associates | November 13, 2019

A recent CentralSquare Technologies study revealed that one in three people surveyed are worried about having an active shooter incident in their community. This feeling is not surprising when you consider mass shootings (events involving the shooting of three…