The UK’s Fraud prevention service, CIFAS, in collaboration with a number of private and public sector bodies and experts has released a report looking into Staff Fraud and what action can be taken to prevent it. The report, entitled The Internal Betrayal, contains a number of articles ranging from links with organised crime and whistleblowing procedures to investigating the motivations behind employee fraud. The full report can be found here http://www.cifas.org.uk/download/The_Internal_Betrayal_CIFAS_Special_Report.pdf.

CIFAS staff Fraud members noted a 45% increase in the number of cases of internal fraud from 2008 to 2009, this was reflected in the findings of ABM’s investigation survey carried out earlier this year which revealed that internal theft and fraud were among the most investigated incidents by investigation professionals.