The 28-page report that lays bare the frauds recorded by the Members of the CIFAS Staff Fraud Database during 2009.

Key Findings;

• A 45% increase in staff fraud in 2009, compared with 2008.
• A rise in theft offences such as fraudulent withdrawals from customer accounts and theft of cash.
• An overall decrease in employment application fraud (where applications for employment contain serious discrepancies or lies): with a remarkable divergence between unsuccessful employment application frauds (a decrease of 40.48% in 2009) and successful employment application frauds (which saw a 30% increase from 2008).
• A steep rise in the average length of service of a staff fraudster (prior to being recorded to the database for a proven fraud) to nearly 4.5 years in 2009, from just over 1.5 years in 2008.
• An alarming 113% increase in cases of unlawful obtaining or disclosure of personal data.

See Full report: Staff Fraudscape Report