The public sector has been under fire in the last year. Wily new forms of fraud and corruption have been proliferating as the pandemic continues to squeeze economies and force emergency financial support systems to spring up. Detecting these crimes is one thing; investigating them and stopping fraudsters in their tracks is quite another. Below, I explore six key considerations for quickly and effectively investigating fraud and corruption cases. Timing is everything When you detect a risk, you must flag it to investigators in time for them to either (and ideally) stop a criminal activity or – in the case…
How to detect and investigate public sector fraud