Companies should be made criminally liable for failing to prevent fraud or theft by their employees, the director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said. Link to article
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Employees under increasing pressure to commit fraud
Cuts in pay, salary freezes and intense demands to hit targets in the downturn are putting more pressure on UK employees to commit fraud, Ernst & Young’s Fraud Survey has revealed. The Ernst & Young 2013 Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) Fraud Survey reveals that 71% of UK workers at large companies have […]
Employee fraud: Nobody will find out
The most common words used by rogue traders and fraudsters when emailing about their plans at work have been revealed by investigators working with the FBI. Link to article
Suspended jail term for call centre worker
A man who used to work at the HSBC Bank contact centre in Swatar was yesterday given a suspended jail term after he admitted to stealing €27,000 from a customer account. Carl Vella, 28, from Mosta, who is now works as a computer salesman,used the company’s software to illegally take money from a customer’s account. […]