6 Facts About FraudHow you can benefit from an ethics reporting program

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49% of victim organizations donot recover their losses.

Almost half of all victim organizations discover theirlosses LONG after they have been spent!

Small businesses areparticularly vulnerable to fraud.

Fraud costs small business a median loss of $155,000.For most, that's unrecoverable!

The median time for frauddetection is 18 months!

18 months is a long time to continually bleed acompany. It's devastating and at times non-recoverable.

43% of all private companies havereported experiencing fraud.

The other 57%? It's just a matter of time. Privatecompanies need to ensure they put internal controls inplace.

33% of all business failures orbankruptcies are due to theft andfraud.

This is one fact all small business owners need to beaware of. Smaller operators NEED to have a reportinghotline!

The #1 fraud detection method is aTIP.More fraud is detected by anonymous employee tipsthan by all other means combined!

Conclusion

The #1 fraud detection method is a TIP33% of all business failures or bankruptcies are due totheft and fraud43% of all private companies have reported experiencingfraudThe median time for fraud detection is 18 monthsSmall businesses are particularly vulnerable to fraud49% of victim organizations do not recover their losses

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