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Fraud Awareness

What is Occupational Fraud?
Occupational fraud, or employee fraud, is fraud committed by an employee on an employer. They are more common and cause more financial loss to businesses than other third party frauds. As employees will continue to work at the business, they will generally try to hide these frauds permanently.



Is it still safe to pay for petrol with your credit or debit card? PDF Print E-mail

With service stations accounting for 40 per cent of point-of-sale fraud, we explain how to guard against dishonest staff .

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Skimming Sales Receipts PDF Print E-mail

Skimming sales is the theft of money received from a sale of good or service before it is recorded as received.

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Skimming Debtors PDF Print E-mail

Skimming debtors is the theft of money received from a debtor before it is recorded as received.

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Point of Sale Fraud PDF Print E-mail

POS fraud is stealing money when a sale is made - at the Point of Sale.

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Inventory Record Frauds PDF Print E-mail

These are frauds that involve the theft of inventory items that are hidden by manipulating the perpetual inventory records.

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Ghost Employees PDF Print E-mail

The aim of the fraud is enter the ghost into the payroll system and have a wage paid to it in a way that can be collected by the fraudster.

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False Employee Claims PDF Print E-mail

False expense claims arise when employees are entitled to incur expenses while performing their duties and be reimbursed for those expenses.

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Collusion and Bribery PDF Print E-mail

Collusion frauds occur off the books so there are no records to show what happened and no transaction that should have been recorded, but was not.

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Cheque Theft PDF Print E-mail

Employees may steal cheques as they flow in and out of the business system.

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Billing Schemes PDF Print E-mail

This fraud is designed to cause the business to make a fraudulent payment to the employee, whilst recording the payment as a legitimate business expense in its records.

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Inventory Sales & Purchases Fraud - Stock Fraud PDF Print E-mail

These are frauds that involve the theft of inventory items that are hidden by manipulating the records in the sales and purchases processes.

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