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INTRODUCTION Employee fraud is now more or less present in every company of every industry. Companies have been reluctant to address this issue, therefore causing a 'black hole' in the companies performance. Fraud has developed dramatically in the past five years, as employees get even more skilled, more cunning, and more devious. The multinationals of 'Barings', 'BCCI', 'Pollypeck' and 'Sumitomo' have all experienced the full force of fraudulent behaviour and are all lessons to be learnt by other organisations. But how do you prevent a fraudster from committing such acts, not only harming a company's reputation but by causing major losses. This report aims to give an insight into the world of fraud, and how and why it exists in t he workplace. 1 WHAT IS FRAUD? "All those activities involving dishonesty and deception that can drain value from a business, directly or indirectly, whether or not, there is personal benefit to the fraudster" (Davies,...

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