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OUR STUDY COVERED
                                                 KEY FINDINGS





                                         2,504 cases                                 Causing total

                                         from                                        losses of more than


                                         125 countries                               $3.6 Billion







                         Typical                      CFEs estimate that

                         fraud CASE                   organizations                                  MEDIAN LOSS
                                                      lose                                            PER CASE:
                                                                  5    %    of revenue              AVERAGE LOSS
                                                                                                     $125,000

                                                                            to FRAUD
               lasts          causes a                                      EACH YEAR                 PER CASE:
           14 months           loss of                                                               $1,509,000
              before          $8,300
            detection        per month


                                                     Asset Misappropriation             financial statement

                                                                are
                                                                                                           are
         CORRUPTION           was the                schemes the                        fraud schemes the
                              most  common           most common and least costly       least common and most costly
                              scheme in every                                                          $954,000
                              global REGION              86%        $100,000                 10%       median loss
                                                                    median loss
                                                          of cases                           of cases




          Organizations with
          fraud awareness training                                   43% of schemes were detected by tip,

          for employees were                                                          and half of those tips
          more likely to gather tips through                                          came from employees

                       formal
                       reporting

                       mechanisms                                   Telephone hotline and email
                                                                            were each used by
                                                                             whistleblowers in

                   56%   of tips with training                                33%


                   37%   of tips without training                              of cases





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