ACFE: Occupational Fraud: A Study of the Impact of an Economic Recession

With the economy struggling to find its foothold, many businesses and individuals are facing the greatest financial concerns in recent memory. In these tough times, protecting valuable — and increasingly scarce — economic resources has become a monumental task. Losing assets to fraud may be enough to send an already struggling organization to the financial brink.

To get a pulse on how the economy is affecting fraud trends, the ACFE went to the experts who are in the trenches fighting fraud on a daily basis. By surveying anti-fraud professionals about their experiences and observations, we hope to gain some insight into the correlation between economic downswings and fraudulent activity.

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