Case in Point: Check Kiting. Extending the Float
John the controller tried to buy a little time with a check kiting scheme to keep two businesses alive. Unfortunately for him, the time he bought was 10 months in prison.

Check fraud: Separating Money from Worthless Paper
Despite the heavy use of credit cards and online payments, and the redoubled efforts of the FBI and police anti-fraud units, check fraud continues to increase. CFEs can benefit from reviewing the rudiments of check fraud detection and prevention, and the new twists.

Check Washers Launder Money the Easy Way
Check washing, a method of altering checks to steal from personal and business accounts, has been in existence since the mid-1980s, but the crude scheme is increasing.

FBI Combats Financial Fraud with CFEs
Brian Lamkin, chief of the FBI's Financial Crimes Section, directs his team of agents and analysts to tackle fraud while working toward additional recognition for CFEs.

Fraud Edge: Cleaning our Own House. De-frauding the halls of academe
As Certified Fraud Examiners, we learn that three factors, collectively referred to as the Fraud Triangle, may portend fraudulent behavior. According to the late Donald Cressey, when pressures/incentives, opportunity, and rationalization converge, the environment is ripe for fraud. Although many may presuppose that academe is above such behavior, history has shown otherwise. All types of organizations are susceptible to fraud - even colleges and universities.

Identity Theft: Hunting Down and Nabbing the Thieves - Part 1
Catching identity thieves requires solid cooperation and hard-hitting procedures among fraud examiners, auditors, law enforcement, postal inspectors, the courts, banks, credit card companies, business owners, government, and many others.

Protect Small Business
Small businesses - Especially those that do not have regular audits - have every reason to worry about fraud.

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