Employee Tips
Studies show that the most common method of detecting fraud committed by an employee is through a tip – often from another employee. Public entities should keep channels of communication open so employees feel that their concerns will be positively received. Appropriate action should then be taken in response to these tips.
For more information on employee theft, see the most recent study by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the 2022 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud. Key findings of the report are available on the ACFE website.
Date this Avoiding Pitfall was most recently published: 02/09/2024