Beschreibung:
This book provides comprehensive coverage of the main issues involved in fraud, its definition, costs, the nature of the offenders involved in committing fraud, and the issues involved in fraud investigation. The fulsome coverage encompasses everything from benefit fraud to tax evasion, credit card fraud, and internet fraud, and a wide range of case studies are used to illustrate the topics covered.
Introduction 1. Fraud - the academic and practitioner contexts 2. What is fraud? 3. The cost of fraud 4. Who commits fraud, and what types of fraud? 5. From need to greed - why is fraud committed? 6. Overspill - old frauds, new frauds and fraud in other criminal activities 7. How fraud is dealt with - investigations 8. Regulation, compliance and audit 9. In-house approaches 10. Investigation frameworks 11. Punishment, asset recovery and prevention 12. Conclusion: the futures for fraud?