
PROCUREMENT FRAUD METHODS AND RED FLAGS
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For reasons that are unknown, the senior ofcial complied with
the request and only one contract was prepared for tender. Three
contractors submitted bids; however, the contact was awarded to the
organized crime group’s construction company.
Red Flags That Identify Billing Schemes Suggesting
Corruption, Fraud, and Theft in the Procurement Process
Over the years many different schemes have been developed to provide
benets to contractors and to corrupt employees by using the procurement
process to conceal the payment of personal benets and to provide prof-
its to contractors who are involved in the collusiv ...