Attacking Fraud" Think about a company where you have worked that had a case of employee theft or fraud. (If you do not know of such a company, research online for a case of company theft or fraud.) Please describe the fraud. Your description should include an analysis of the discovery, time period required for the discovery, and factors in the fraud triangle contributing in the fraud. Recommend the policies, procedures, and controls necessary to prevent this type of fraud from occurring. (Note: do not give personal names of individuals or names of specific companies in your answer.) Lastly, respond to at least one (1) post of your peers

I can share one fraud example that happened at a company I used to work at, perhaps it can help you with this.

I worked in recruiting for a medium sized tech company, and when big projects came along we had to hire a large number of people in a very short time. On one of these projects we hired a software developer to freelance for us in this project. He did such a good job that he was offered a permanent position after the project was done. He accepted and started working for us immediately after, as another manager wanted to work with him on another project.

Because he was known in the company and it was urgent that he worked with us, the hiring process was rushed and some steps were overlooked. One of these steps was asking the applicant to document their experience, we usually asked for references and recommendation letters. After about a month and a half, HR asked the developer to give his references or ask for recommendation letters, almost as a formality.

Although we called the references and they checked out, something was off in the statements they gave. So a colleague who knew people at a previous company this developer worked for, called a friend and asked her to inquire about him. Turns out he never worked there and had given a fake reference who he had instructed on what to say. Needless to say he was immediately fired.

Although there were policies and procedures to avoid an incident like this, work overload made it so that they were overlooked and we trusted that because he had been a good freelancer he would be a good employee. Afterwards, by company policy it was strictly forbidden to skip a step in the hiring process and a background check was also implemented.

answer; (d) none of the above;

answer; they burn down the bushes and trees;