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Distribution of Losses
Of the 1,388 individual fraud cases reported to us, 1,379 included information about the total dollar amount lost
to the fraud. The median loss for all of these cases was $140,000, and more than one-fifth of the cases involved
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losses of at least $1 million. The overall distribution of losses was notably similar to those observed in our 2010
and 2008 studies.
Distribution of Dollar Losses
60%
55.5% 2012
51.9%
51.4%
50% 2010
Percent of Cases 40% 23.7% 25.3% 2008
30%
20% 20.6%
12.8% 12.7%
10.6%
10% 6.9% 7.3%
5.7%
3.5% 2.9% 3.3% 1.9% 2.0% 2.1%
0%
Less than $200,000 – $400,000 – $600,000 – $800,000 – $1,000,000
$200,000 $399,999 $599,999 $799,999 $999,999 and up
Dollar Loss
2 Although our study included fraud cases from nearly 100 nations, all monetary amounts presented throughout this Report are in U.S. dollars. 2012 REPORT TO THE NATIONS on occupational FRAUD and abuse |
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