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Internal Fraud Likely to Rise In Wake of Economic Crisis

By Staff Writer | Updated on March 01, 2009

If history is any guide, corporations can expect a serious increase in internal fraud, legal disputes and regulatory action ahead as a result of the current U.S. economic crisis. Now more than ever, CFOs and compliance officers must take careful measures to strictly follow financial risk management standards and ensure new employees have spanking clean records. So says Peter Turecek, senior managing director of New York City-based fraud and litigation consultant Kroll Inc, which has released a new report citing sharp increases in arbitration claims by investors seeking to recoup losses after Black Monday, Oct. 19, 1987, and following the market downturns of 1991 and 1992.

Demand for litigation support and asset tracing work for companies with failed investments has increased, and so has white-collar crime enforcement, says Turecek. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pursued 115 enforcement actions related to securities offering frauds compared with 68 in 2007 and 61 in 2006. An FBI official recently told Congress the agency expects fraud investigations at major corporations to jump from 38 cases to hundreds as the crisis deepens.

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