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Why is it that fraudsters and identify thieves target the elderly? The schemes seem to prey on their vulnerabilities in the hope they are less informed. In the latest scheme to resurface in our area, fraudsters call seniors pretending to be a grandchild who has been traveling and was injured in an accident. The caller asks the potential victim to …
Your organization’s finances may be in jeopardy at the hands of your own people. Every day this week when I searched Google News for “embezzlement” the top story has been a religious organization victimized by one of their employees. Although these articles are in papers across the country, it is alarming when you consider that only one in nine end …
Glass half empty or half full? The parking lot attendant. Providence. Saturday evening. Parking garage off Fountain Street. No attendant in sight. No directions to follow. Stuck on the access ramp with a gate across our path. Finally we decide to back down the ramp towards the main entrance, forcing cars behind us to move. At the bottom emerges a …
Religious organizations and law firms join medical practices in the types of organizations frequently victimized by employees who embezzle. Right up there in my top ten victimized organizations along with medical practices are religious organizations and law firms. Here is an example of each from today’s papers. WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – A bookkeeper for a Warwick church faces a felony …
Here are today’s picks for embezzlements found in the news. One from my home state. A simple Google news search will find embezzlement articles pretty much every day. Here are two I found tonight. The first may be a sign of things to come – someone making ends meet in their personal life by stealing from her employer. The second …