Forensic Accounting Services, LLC
Piecing Together Financial Puzzles®
On January 17, 2017, Steve spoke at the 2017 Winter Extravaganza, an charity event sponsored by the New England Claim Executives Association (NECEA), the Hartford Association of Insurance Professionals, the CT Insurance Marketing Association, and the Hartford Pond of the Honorable Order of the Blue Goose International. Steve addressed the topic of employee theft and embezzlement and how pervasive it …
Just read the following headlines for a mere sampling of the hundreds of articles appearing online in only the past two weeks: Ex-ICE Intelligence Chief Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement Dixon, Illinois Comptroller Allegedly Embezzled $30 Million To Fund Horse Breeding Business State of Okla. charges former, current City of Cleveland employees with embezzlement Jail for woman accused of embezzling from …
The answer is yes, most employee embezzlement schemes can be prevented. There are practical measures any employer of any size can implement to prevent employee thefts and embezzlement. However, due to the very nature of fraud, creative employees working within an environment constructed with ineffective or non-existent internal controls, or worse, complacent supervisors and owners who simply do not perform the …