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Profile of a Fraudster
Profile of a Fraudster

Our study includes perpetrator data from more than
2,000 fraud cases, which can help organizations assess
fraud risk in their own workforces.

MEDIAN LOSS TENURE GENDER
$200,000
Occupational fraudsters Males committed
MEDIAN LOSS who had been with more frauds and caused
$100,000 their organizations at higher losses.
least 6 years caused
TWICE the loss of MALE
less-tenured employees.
5 YEARS 6 YEARS
OR LESS OR MORE
$150,000 72%
Median loss OF CASES

$85,000 28%
Median loss OF CASES
FEMALE

Education AGE

No university degree
64% $100,000 MEDIAN Older fraudsters $425,000
LOSS
caused much larger
of occupational median losses
fraudsters had a
university degree University degree or higher
or higher. $195,000 MEDIAN
LOSS
$150,000
$75,000

<40 40-54 55+
AGE

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