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Civil Suits
Figure 80 demonstrates the percentage of cases in which a civil suit was filed against the fraudster. The data have
remained consistent over our last three studies: less than one-fourth of victim organizations have filed suit against
the perpetrators who defrauded them.

Figure 80: Cases Resulting in Civil Suits

2014 22.2% 77.8%
CIVIL SUIT FILED 2012 23.5% 76.5%

2010 24.1% 75.9% Civil Suit
No Civil Suit
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
PERCENT OF CASES

For those cases in which a civil suit was filed, we asked respondents to report on the results of the civil litigation.
While many cases were still pending at the time of our study, the 72 cases for which results were provided are
displayed in Figure 81. A little over half of the victims who filed a civil suit won a judgment in their favor, and
another 31% settled with the defendant. Only 14% of the accused perpetrators obtained a favorable judgment.

Figure 81: Result of Civil Suits

2014 51.4% 30.6% 13.9% 4.2%

Judgment
2012 49.4% 31.0% 14.9% 4.6% for Victim
Settled
Judgment
2010 62.6% 20.9% 16.5% for Perpetrator
Other*
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
*“Other” category was not included in the 2010 Report. PERCENT OF CASES

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