Desperate times call for desperate measures. This seems to be the attitude that some employees are taking during this recession. Hard up employees have been defrauding their own company for personal gains; research by accountancy group, BDO Stoy Hayward, shows that reported fraud for 2008 hit £1.19 billion, up 14% on the year before. Is this a true rise in employee fraud – or just heightened interest because of the recession?
Dishonesty: the Employee Fraud Issue
Desperate times call for desperate measures. This seems to be the attitude that some employees are taking during this recession. Hard up employees have been defrauding their own company for personal gains; research by accountancy group, BDO Stoy Hayward, shows that reported fraud for 2008 hit £1.19 billion, up 14% on the year before. Is this a true rise in employee fraud – or just heightened interest because of the recession?
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