When Is It Safe To Hire Someone With A Criminal Record?

There is a saying that goes something like: “once a thief always a thief.” It is with this piece of ‘common knowledge’ or ‘common wisdom’ in mind that ex-convicts have found themselves having a hard time reintegrating in society after having done their time. There may be a little light at the end of the [...]

A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR YOUR BUSINESS

I have heard it a thousand times. Fraud and loss of company assets including the nowadays highly important data is like a sexually transmitted disease: many people have it but no one talks about it.
“Not in my business I would know.”
An employee takes home a number of stationary items, paper, cissors, pencils, markers, and some [...]

YOU HIRED THE FRAUDSTER YOURSELF

Introduction
Now it may not sound nice, but there is some truth in it: “you hired the fraudster yourself.” Things may have changed somewhat in recent times but not so long ago when I looked over some of the files I had been working on in recent years I found the following:

None of the clients [...]