2017 Winter Extravaganza

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 is within businesses today. He also discussed the need for more employee theft insurance coverage for most businesses.

Tagged with: detecting embezzlement, employee dishonesty, employee embezzlement, employee fraud, employee theft, financial crimes, forensic accounting, fraud, preventing embezzlement, preventing employee embezzlement, stopping employee theft

Public Signs: The Start Of A Trend For Consequences?

Posted in Battle on Fraud on November 25, 2012

Day after day, people choose to break the law, and there simply are not enough resources available to address the growing frequency of crimes. Naturally the resources are directed towards the most serious offenses, such as homicides, assaults, sexual assaults… Read More »

Tagged with: crime signs, embezzlement, employee embezzlement, employee fraud, employee theft, fraud, sign sentences, signs convicted, stealing, theft

Is “Trust” a consideration in designing and implementing internal controls?

Posted in Battle on Fraud on September 7, 2012

When I am working on evaluating, designing and implementing internal controls and accounting procedures within client organizations to minimize the risk of employee theft and embezzlement, I am frequently asked why certain measures are needed, given that a certain individual… Read More »

Tagged with: accounting policies, detection, embezzlement, employee embezzlement, employee fraud, employee theft, fraud, internal controls, prevention, stealing, trust, trust but verify

ATM cards… did you know?

Posted in Battle on Fraud on August 30, 2012

I while back after falling victim of yet another debit card violation, I destroyed my debit card, and reverted back to traditional credit cards. I also requested and received a traditional, plain Jane ATM card (just like the ones that… Read More »

Tagged with: atm, atm cards, cash receipts schme, employee fraud, forensic accounting, fraud, fraudulent deposits, skimming, theft

Documents and Images – “Live or Memorex”?

Posted in Battle on Fraud on July 2, 2012

A few years back (maybe dating myself) Memorex ran an ad campaign whereby they proclaimed their recordings were so realistic it was hard to tell if it was live or recorded. Funny how successful advertising lines can stick with you… Read More »

Tagged with: altered documents, altered electronic evidence, altering evidence, authenticating evidence, authentication electronic evidence, digital images, document examination, electronic evicence, electronic evidence, embezzlement, employee embezzlement, employee fraud, employee theft, evidence, evidence authentication, financial crimes, fraud, photo examination

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2017 Winter Extravaganza

Public Signs: The Start Of A Trend For Consequences?

Is “Trust” a consideration in designing and implementing internal controls?

ATM cards… did you know?

Documents and Images – “Live or Memorex”?

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