Battle on Fraud

Attention Churches, Congregations and Temples

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 …

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Two/Too Frequent Victims

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 …

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Today's Embezzlements Highlighted In The Media

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 …

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Recognizing Your Weaknesses

Do you know when you need to ask for help? I thought I knew more than the average person about computer issues, preventing security breaches, and how to set up a computer system to reduce the risks for intrusions, viruses, spyware and all the other threats growing almost daily. Boy did I learn much this afternoon working with someone who …

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Yet Another Medical Practice Embezzlement

Medical practices continue to be ripe for embezzlements. Doctors, dentists, chiropractors… you should know you are the most often victimized business in my experience. Here’s yet another theft made public by the Hartford Courant recently: “A Plymouth woman faces first-degree larceny charges after her arrest Friday in connection with the alleged embezzlement of $43,000 over two years from the medical …

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