Tag: employee fraud

What is Occupational Fraud?

By Bridget Miller, Contributing Editor Sep 28, 2018 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Oct 1, 2018

Occupational fraud is a type of fraud committed by employees against employers. Occupational fraud causes billions of dollars of losses for US employers each year. In short, occupational fraud encompasses any type of fraud that an employee commits that somehow utilizes his or her role or employment as a factor for personal gain in a […]

Employee Fraud: Warning Signs, Deterring and Responding to It

By West Virginia Employment Law Letter Oct 16, 2009 HR Hero Line

Updated: Oct 16, 2009

These days it seems like you can’t pick up a newspaper or log on to the Internet without reading another story about multimillion-dollar fraud. Just when we thought we’d heard the last of Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom, along comes Bernie Madoff. But fraud isn’t a problem only for Fortune 100 companies and millionaire investors. It […]