Posted on October 30th, 2009 by John
Credit card fraud is growing and latest police figures show the number of cases has more than doubled since 2005.
End of last month the New Zealand Herald reported an incident on how you can be a victim of a credit card fraud before you ever received it. One of the readers passed of this example [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 by John
Expense reporting is a pain: for companies as well as employees alike. It’s a a necessary evil and annoy everyone who comes into contact with it. From the employee who is searching for receipts to the employee who has to verify the expenses, the process is tedious and time-consuming.
But why is this issue related to [...]
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Filed under: FRAUD DETECTION, FRAUD EXAMINATION, OCCUPATIONAL FRAUD AND ABUSE, RISK MANAGEMENT
Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by John
Earlier this year two fraudsters were convicted for defrauding the Otago District Health Board. The case has been covered at length in the media. The fraudsters were found guilty of fraud, which they both denied, in December last year. During the trial, the Crown said they had used 198 invoices from a company formed by [...]
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Filed under: OCCUPATIONAL FRAUD AND ABUSE, RISK MANAGEMENT
Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by John
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III discusses cyber-threats to national security and what his organization is doing to combat these threats.
http://fora.tv/2009/10/07/FBI_in_the_Virtual_World_Robert_S_Mueller_III#How_Does_the_FBI_Fight_Cyber_Crime
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Posted on October 20th, 2009 by John
The Commerce Commission reports to be happy with the conviction of Stewart John Brown and Robert Llewelyn Parr, who were involved in the franchise companies Wizard Vapour Technology Limited and Clean Co International Ltd. This appeared to be a case of false misrepresentations, especially about the profitability of the franchises.
Read the full press release [...]
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