Don’t be afraid to see what you see
POSTED: Friday, May 4, 2012 at 12:42 PM PTBY: Denise McClure
Whether it starts out fueled by need or by greed, embezzlers end up indulging in a lavish lifestyle. Easy money is just too tempting. Too many bright, hard working, trusted people have succumbed to the temptation of easy money made possible (and probable) by lax or non-existent oversight. Consider the case of attorney Woodrow W. [...]
Great places to work 
POSTED: Friday, April 6, 2012 at 12:07 PM PTBY: Denise McClure
What makes a company a great place to work? Compensation? Work-life balance? Social awareness? An office with a window? Some researchers think the answer depends on whether you fall into the Baby Boom, Gen-X or Gen-Y generation. Longitudinal researchers at The Ethics Resource Center have discerned that these generational groups with diverse values do agree [...]
Law firms are at high risk of embezzlement
POSTED: Friday, March 30, 2012 at 11:11 AM PTBY: Denise McClure
One would think morally flexible job seekers would avoid any industry where the business owners socialize with judges and read legal journals for fun. Surprisingly, law firms are favored targets of both experienced and novice embezzlers. Although all types of businesses are at risk for fraud and embezzlement, law firms have more risk than most. [...]
Five tips for nonprofit board members
POSTED: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 09:37 PM PTBY: Denise McClure
Tags: South Boise Women's Correctional Facility
“I was responsible for all the finances, paying all the bills, all the invoicing. Everything that came in went through me. …I had so much control over my own Board of Directors because they had so much trust in me, that I was able to do basically what I wanted to do.” These are the [...]
Don’t tell your daughter I am here….Elder financial abuse
POSTED: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 09:31 PM PTBY: Denise McClure
Adult children are now assuming the role of protector, trying to keep their parents from losing their life savings to a slick con artist. That’s what happened to Boisean Ruth Harris. Stories like hers recognize no socioeconomic, race or gender boundaries. Tall and charming, James William Schmidt had a special friendship with Ruth Harris that allowed [...]
Don’t tell your daughter I’m here …
POSTED: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 04:39 PM PTBY: Denise McClure
Tags: Elder Fraud
Adult children are now assuming the role of protector, trying to keep their parents from losing their life savings to a slick con artist. That’s what happened to Boisean Ruth Harris. Stories like hers recognize no socioeconomic, race or gender boundaries. Tall and charming, James William Schmidt had a special friendship with Ruth Harris that [...]
New federal regs put spotlight on anti-fraud measures
POSTED: Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 12:54 PM PTBY: Denise McClure
Tags: Wells Fargo Bank
Congratulations are in order for Treasure Valley law enforcement and anti-fraud professionals. A bank crime spree investigated by the US Secret Service and the Boise Police Department with the assistance of Wells Fargo Bank led to guilty pleas by two suspects; a third suspect awaits trial. The multi-state crime spree involved a 29-year-old-woman and her [...]
When it comes to embezzlement, property management is a risky business
POSTED: Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:51 PM PTBY: Denise McClure
Property management is rife with opportunities to steal. This is true in both residential and commercial markets. In the residential market, home sales are down and residential rentals are up. With no licensure requirements in Idaho, there are few barriers to anyone who wants to enter the market, so competition is on the rise. The [...]
Don’t lose touch with your company’s wheel of fortune
POSTED: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 02:00 PM PTBY: Denise McClure
Idaho small businesses accounted for nearly 60 per cent of private sector jobs in 2008, according to the US Small Business Administration. It’s a challenging path: owners need broad expertise in operations, sales, finance, marketing, human resources, and every other aspect of starting, growing and managing a business. For small business owners who do not [...]
Cheating and Ethics
POSTED: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 09:40 AM PTBY: Denise McClure
As a forensic accountant, I am familiar with morally flexible people who take advantage of their trusting employers by “borrowing” from them, often to bankroll a lavish lifestyle. Even so, recent studies on the prevalence of academic cheating and the ramifications of cheating on ethical behavior later in life stunned me in the foreshadowing. In [...]
