Fraud Examination [Mas Sugeng]
Chapter 1: Introduction
What is Occupational/hub Fraud and Abuse? Use of occupation / hub For personal enrichment/memperkaya Through deliberate misuse or misapplication / sengaja meneruskan Of employer’s resources/assets
Defining Fraud / penipuan Four elements: Material false statement Knowledge that the statement was false Reliance (percaya) on the statement by victim Damages/perusakan
Defining Abuse / salah guna A deceitful act / tindakan bohong A corrupt practice or custom / praktek, kebiasaan korup Examples: –“Borrow” company equipment –Use sick leave when not sick –Slow or sloppy work / pelan dan lemah kerja –Surf the Net at work / jaringan lbh batas –Work under influence of drugs/alcohol
Research in Occupational Fraud and Abuse
Edwin H. Sutherland First defined “white-collar crime” –Criminal acts of corporations –Individuals in corporate capacity Theory of differential association –Crime is learned –Not genetic –Learned from intimate personal groups
Donald R. Cressey Studied embezzlers Why people become “trust violators” Developed the Fraud Triangle
The Fraud Triangle PRESSURE PERCEIVED OPPORTUNITY RATIONALIZATION
Nonsharable Problems Violation/pelangaran of ascribed obligations Personal failures Business reversals /rugi Physical isolation Status gaining Employer-employee relations
Cressey’s Offender/pelanggar Types Independent businessmen –“Borrowing” –Funds really theirs Long-term violators –“Borrowing” –Protect family –Company cheating them –Company generally dishonest
Cressey’s Offender Types Absconders / menghindar Take the money and run Usually unmarried, loners Blame “outside influences” or “personal defects”
W. Steve Albrecht Nine motivators of fraud 1.Living beyond means 2.Overwhelming desire for personal gain 3.High personal debt 4.Close association with customers 5.Pay not commensurate with job
W. Steve Albrecht Nine motivators of fraud 6.Wheeler-dealer 7.Strong challenge to beat system 8.Excessive gambling 9.Family/peer pressure
The Fraud Scale Situational pressures –Immediate problems with environment –Usually debts/losses Perceived opportunities –Poor controls Personal integrity –Individual code of behavior
The Fraud Scale
Richard C. Hollinger Hollinger-Clark study (1983) Surveyed 10,000 workers Theft caused by job dissatisfaction True costs vastly understated
Employee Deviance Two categories: –Acts against property –Production violations (goldbricking) Strong relationship: theft and concern over financial situation
Age and Theft Direct correlation Younger employees less committed But, higher position = bigger theft Opportunity is only a secondary factor
Job Satisfaction and Deviance Dissatisfied employees –More likely to break rules –Regardless of age/position –Trying to right perceived inequities Wages in kind
Organizational Controls Some impact, but limited Hollinger studied five aspects: –Company policy –Selection of personnel –Inventory control –Security –Punishment
Hollinger’s Conclusions Employee perception of controls is important Increased security may hurt, not help Employee-thieves exhibit other deviance –Sloppy work, sick leave abuses, etc. “Hydraulic effect” Management should be sensitive to employees Pay special attention to young employees
Hollinger’s Conclusions Four key aspects of policy development 1.Understand theft behavior 2.Spread positive info on company policies 3.Enforce sanctions 4.Publicize sanctions
The Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse Largest fraud study ever Study of 2,608 fraud cases Reported by CFEs Total: $15 billion in losses $22 to $2.5 billion
Costs How to measure? Orgs don’t know what they lose Opinions of CFEs Six percent of gross revenues $400 billion per year Twice the U.S. defense budget
Position in the Organization - Cases
Position in the Organization – Median Loss
Median Loss by Gender
Median Loss by Age Direct and linear correlation between age and median loss Older tend to occupy higher ranking positions Greater access to revenues, assets, resources 5
Median Loss by Age
Median Loss by Marital Status
Median Loss by Education
Median Loss Per Number of Employees
Classifying Occupational Fraud and Abuse
Number of Cases by Scheme Type
*Represents size of misstatement rather than actual cash loss Median Loss by Scheme Type