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Fraud alert

More fraud…

Posted: Aug 26, 2025

Last year, I wrote about fraud prevention, specifically as it dealt with a small office with insufficient staff to ensure proper separation of duties. In that office, the same person who received payments was also able to make adjustments, which […]

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Cheaters never win

Cheaters never win!

Posted: Apr 23, 2024

Continuing with the theme of fraud prevention, this issue looks at another fraud case involving an easily overlooked internal control. Cheaters never win! I’m a huge Carolina Hurricanes fan and, when a player from the opposing team is charged with […]

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Void Stamp

Excessive void payments…?

Posted: Apr 09, 2024

Following up on the last issue dealing with fraud prevention, this issue looks at void payments and another important, but easy to implement, internal control. As with the last issue, today’s example can easily be implemented by monitoring existing reports. […]

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