by Jim Wanserski | Feb 18, 2015 | Business Ethics, Fraud Investigations, Uncovering Fraud
Thus far, I’ve had the privilege to know and work with/for some remarkable people in my business dealings. Likely, so have you. Many of them were astute and impactful in their professional and business dealings: The former West Pointer who was one of the most...
by Jim Wanserski | Jan 22, 2014 | Fraud Investigations, Fraud Prevention
I have a lawyer friend and business associate who offered me a cogent and insightful observation about fraud in government. As we all know, publicly-available studies contend that fraud in government far outweighs (in volume and “value”) fraud in industry. My...
by Jim Wanserski | Apr 23, 2013 | Best Practices, Business Ethics, Fraud Investigations, Lessons Learned
Long ago a good friend, businessman, associate, highly-ethical person in my network clued me into the obvious: most times the secret to performance and success “is just blocking and tackling.” Now in these days of: consultant-speak, nuanced-solutions, follow-the-herd...
by Jim Wanserski | Nov 27, 2012 | Best Practices, Fraud Investigations, Uncovering Fraud
As evident with occurrences throughout public and private companies…and now even with the Woodruff Arts Center here in Atlanta, we must see fraud for exactly what it is. My opinion (and experiences) lead me to the following: With all the publicity the bad guys...
by Jim Wanserski | Oct 15, 2012 | Best Practices, Fraud Investigations, Fraud Prevention, Internal Audits, Uncovering Fraud
A long time ago, I ran the internal audit department of a major telecommunications company. Among a host of other things, the group I directed covered the waterfront on: internal control testing across the multi-billion organization—both telecom and non-telecom...
by Jim Wanserski | Sep 21, 2012 | Business Ethics, Fraud Investigations, Uncovering Fraud
“…Most fraud schemes are discovered when the main perpetrator confesses to authorities after being caught (a la Bernard Madoff) or when they are close to getting caught…” (this “journalist” is, in my opinion…“Uninformed”) I am amazed at what can get published these...
