Over pounds7.5m fraud in six months adds up to trouble for firms ; The...

Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  July 30, 2008 ;     369 words ......dramatically in the first half of 2008, according to KPMG's Forensic Fraud Barometer. The research, which has been running for 20 years...the pounds100,000 level and so do not register on KPMG's Forensic Fraud Barometer Several other case studies were cited in the report...

Fraud doubles in past year; SURVEY: KPMG reveals value rose to pounds...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 19, 2002 ;     269 words ......the past year, according to accountants KPMG. Its latest Forensic Fraud Barometer survey found that the value of such fraud across...long-term frauds are more likely to come to light. The KPMG Forensic Fraud Barometer also recorded an increase in the number of employees...

Business in brief.(Business)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  January 26, 2004 ;     306 words ......north west suffered an 83% increase in the number of frauds, rising from 12 in 2002 to 22 in 2003, according to the KPMG Forensic Fraud Barometer. But the total value of fraud cases in the region fell from pounds 69m in 2002 to pounds 48.8min 2003. Cases in...

Bank promotes Chadburn

Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.;  June 20, 2007 ;     122 words ......databases and information reporting. Chadburn joined TD Banknorth in 1996 and previously served as a risk management specialist, fraud research supervisor and compliance officer. A Sabattus resident, Chadburn is a 1995 graduate of the University of Southern Maine...

The facts.(Business Weekly)

Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  August 6, 2003 ;     244 words ......to new research. More cases were discovered in the region during the past six months than in the whole of 2002. The KPMG Forensic Fraud Barometer revealed that there were 13 convictions for scams worth a total of pounds 11.89m from January to June. This compares...

Attorney has praise for Okla. DNA funds

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  June 10, 2001 ;     533 words ......he called one of the nation's "most extreme examples of forensic fraud," which started in West Virginia. Oklahoma legislators voted...prosecutor or the attorney general - as in the current Oklahoma forensic fraud investigation. "It's not necessarily that there is anything...

Fraud cases in region reach a record high.(ROP)

The Birmingham Post (England);  July 28, 2003 ;     273 words ......reached a record high during the first six months of this year. A total of 17 cases have been recorded by accountant KPMG's forensic fraud barometer in the first six months of this year. The figure has already exceeded the total number of cases for the whole...

Fraud is going down

Bath Chronicle, The;  August 14, 2007 ;     171 words ......the south west have fallen in the past six months, according to new research. Professional services firm KPMG compiles a forensic fraud list which examines major fraud cases and found that, across Wales and the south west in the first half of this year, there...

Business Briefs : Scotland's corporate fraud figures reach record GBP 47m

Evening News - Scotland;  August 3, 2006 ;     129 words ......47 million over the first-half of 2006 - more than double the GBP 18m rip-off seen over the whole of 2005, KPMG's latest Forensic Fraud Barometer showed today. Over the period, 12 cases reached court compared to 15 over 2005. They included former Royal Bank...

BUSINESS CALENDAR

News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  April 21, 1999 ;     330 words ......meets for dinner and a technical session at 6:30 p.m. at Hans Bavarian restaurant, Wheeling. The session begins at 7:30 p.m. Forensic Fraud is the topic of the program. Subjects to be covered include what is insurance fraud, where and how it occurs. The cost of...

SEN. REID COMMENDS PASSAGE OF FUNDING BILL TO MAKE NEVADA SAFER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......in Reno and $650,000 for an Identity Theft and Financial Fraud Research Center in Las Vegas. "This bill is an important step forward...used to equip the facility. Identity Theft and Financial Fraud Research Center - $650,000 LVMPD and UNLV have embarked on a unique...

UK fraud soars to 10-year high, report says.

Sunday Business (London);  January 29, 2006 ;     280 words ......new survey to be published on Monday. The government and financial institutions are the main victims identified in KPMG's Forensic Fraud Barometer which records big fraud cases heard in the UK. It shows the figures jumped nearly three times from [pounds sterling...

Independent crime labs could help stop forensic fraud The risk of...

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Forensic scientists -- as experience, recent and historic, has shown -- have with disturbing frequency misled juries and sometimes blatantly lied about laboratory results, thus contributing to untold numbers of wrongful criminal convictions in Illinois and throughout the United States. One example

the fraudbuster; He's cool and calm but when it comes to collecting Robin...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Amdrew Walker MEET Robin Crawford. He's a sharp-suited career chartered accountant and an all- round nice chap. He doesn't look like the man responsible for unearthing corporate crooks behind complex money scams. But the 54-year-old is one of Scotland's top fraud-busters, a man who has been

Study reveals increase in fraud; RESEARCH: Economic uncertainty blamed for...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 1, 2002 ;     521 words ...Byline: JAMES PRITCHARD THE current climate of economic uncertainty has fuelled an increase in fraud, according to accountancy firm KPMG. Its latest fraud barometer study KPMG Forensic shows that Wales has experienced a sharp rise in offences over the past six months. The research, which is based