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An important thing to note is, the Department of Justice only pursues a tiny fraction of the frauds that commonly occur.

Also, often, the local police departments are not well equipped to pursue fraud cases. If you suspect a fraud in your company, you likely need to hire an attorney with fraud investigation experience, and they will hire a forensic accountant, if necessary.

Few frauds are large enough to draw the attention of the government, however every suspected fraud in your business should get your full attention.

2024 DOJ Fraud Section year in review Kevin Muhlendorf, Brandon Moss and Corey Hauser of Wiley discuss the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division's Fraud Section annual Year in Review for 2024, which shows increases over 2023's numbers.

One employee can do a lot of harm, when they have too much authority without proper controls.

Macy’s found a single employee hid up to $154 million worth of expenses | CNN Business Macy’s announced Monday that a single employee was responsible for so many accounting irregularities that the company was forced to delay its quarterly earnings report, which the retailer had planned to release Tuesday.

This is an incredibly common fraud in small businesses, across all types of industries. Often it is a long time, trusted, employee or even family member who takes advantage of the trust others ours in them.

Once discovered it is often realized to have been going on for years, or even decades.

There are simple controls that can be put in place to avoid it. There are simple procedures that can be enacted to detect it, and even discourage it. Yet, most small business owners are not accountants, and don’t have the structure or time to implement protections.

We do. Call us if you commonly have poorly explained variance in your accounts. Some may be stealing from you, right under your nose.

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Funny! But I also know many good lawyers who are also very sharp on accounting and financial damages.

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