October 19, 2009
Acts of embezzlement are responsible for the majority of losses attributed to employee dishonesty. In the U.S. estimates of employee embezzlement run in the range of $400 billion. No matter how prepared the employer might be, each possible act of embezzlement creates an understandable emotional response. Acts of embezzlement tend to be unique. They find [...]
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October 12, 2009
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, embezzlement is defined as an act to appropriate (as property entrusted to one’s care) fraudulently to one’s own use. Every day, the local, national and even international news is filled with astounding reports of embezzlement. While the likes of Bernard Madoff get well-deserved wide ranging media attention, it seems like [...]
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