False confessions, Fraud Magazine
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When subjects admit guilt but they’re innocent

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Written by: Beth Mohr, CFE
Date: March 1, 2023
Read Time: 15 mins

Why would someone confess to a crime they didn’t commit? Often an interviewer, trained to be accusatory and aggressive, will pressure subjects to admit guilt. Here’s how fraud examiners — rightfully constrained by higher ethics guardrails — can prevent false confessions that result in wrongful terminations and improper convictions, and ruin innocent subjects’ lives, while leaving the guilty free to commit additional crimes.

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