Exposing Fraud

Structure and Method of The Book

Welcome to Exposing Fraud: Skills, Process and Practicalities, which I hope you will find to be interesting and appropriate.

  OPENING THOUGHTS …

The fact that you are reading this book has, I believe, triggered three essential points in your subconscious or nascent feelings towards fraud as a crime. These are, that fraud is a crime of deceit and dishonesty actively or silently practised. Next, that you are ready for the challenge of understanding the extent and nuances of how fraud is committed in a set of wide scenarios in either a course of study or a situational crime prevention role appropriate to you. Crucially also, why victims, including corporate-identity fraud victims, are reluctant, even dismissive when it comes to reporting being a victim of fraud. Thus a peculiar and slightly warped circle revolves, because already it is clear that as at the first point just made, the atrocious criminal behaviour to cheat someone out of something without any hesitation or remorse ought to be enough to make the whole matter of discussing and dealing with fraud straightforward. But it is not. Our circle becomes slightly misshaped when the conflicting terminologies and confusing dialogue appears. Likewise, we will encounter and clarify some varying meanings to what fraud is as a crime, with definitions in some countries and regions having side-effect ...