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These days, it seems the newspapers are filled
with stories of corporate fraud and deception. White collar criminals
are getting caught defrauding their employees and stockholders out of
millions of dollars.
While these stories get the biggest headlines,
they're not the frauds that cause the most heartache for most people.
Rather than a multi-million dollar CEO, the most devastating frauds are
often committed by a $30,000 per year bookkeeper or office manager.
Their victims are small business owners, who are often financially and
personally devastated when they find out their most trusted employee
has been robbing them blind.
My name is Tom Norton, and as a Certified Fraud Examiner, I see
this scenario played out far too often. On a table in my office is a
binder of news articles I've kept about small businesses and
not-for-profit agencies who have been ripped off by an employee. The
saddest part is that the employee is so often the last person anyone
would suspect of being a thief. You'll often hear the business owner
say, "She was like a sister to me," or "He was like a member of the
family."
If you suspect fraud or embezzlement in your business, call me
right away for a free consultation. Even if you don't suspect fraud, we
can do an analysis and evaluation of your internal controls, so you can
avoid being the subject of the next headline.
