Warning Signs of Financial Fraud

If you suspect fraud, chances are you’re right. We’ve learned that you should trust your instincts, and call for a discreet fraud audit and investigation while you still have control. If word gets out before you have an opportunity to investigation, you’ll be faced with warrants, seizures, arrests and damage to your brand and reputation.

Instead, take preventative measures, and you’ll protect your assets and reputation, and receive prosecutorial leniency by acting on your own.

While not all inclusive, the following warning signs and risks that commonly lead to financial fraud may give you something more firm to support your instincts:

• Low morale among employees or management
• Material accounting adjustments at or near the end of a period
• Employees who seem adverse to vacations, and who don’t like to delegate
• Performance-based compensation
• Pressure to meet high or unrealistic expectations
• Unusually high expenses, or unusually low revenues
• An adversarial relationship with auditors or other monitors

Do any of these factors ring a bell? If so, call Kessler International to begin a discreet and unobtrusive investigation. If not, yet you still suspect foul play, contact our Forensic Accounting division for a confidential consultation.