PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILING FOR FRAUDSTERS CAN HELP SHARPEN GENERAL ANTI-FRAUD POLICIES

THE NEED for human resources and other managers to detect potential in house and external fraudsters who may attack companies, governments and financial institutions is consistently underlined by the vast losses to fraud highlighted by research. The loss of an estimated USD7 billion to occupational fraud globally between January 2016 and October 2017, according to Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) data released last year (https://www.acfe.com/report-to-the-nations/2018/) illustrates this concern. And it shows just how hard a job HR and other ...


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