With the Covid-19 pandemic still ongoing in many countries in the world, including Indonesia, medical masks are still in high demand. The use of medical masks plays an important role in combating the spread of the virus. The high demand for medical masks has opened opportunities for people to offer...
Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports is a book that elaborates on various sneaky ways corporations deceive investors. In general, these dirty tricks were used to cover consequential problems in the company's business, such as slowing down sales, contraction of profit margins, or declining...
The Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) held its annual conference on September 14-15, 2021. Integrity Asia had the opportunity to attend this event virtually. At this annual conference, one of the interesting topics brought up was Criminal Record Checks in Europe: Navigating the Murky Waters of Article 10 by Mark...
The old adage "if one falls, a thousand springs up" aptly describes the problem of fake diplomas. There will always be fake diplomas as long as there is a demand and market for it, regardless of how many illegal businesses are shut down. Furthermore, the pandemic creates more opportunities for...
The uncertain situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has driven businesses to be more agile and mindful of risks, especially the risk of fraud. Based on a survey conducted by ACFE and Grant Thornton to 83,677 ACFE members, more than 80% of organizations have already implemented one or more changes...
No matter how good and strong a company’s internal control is if the human resource department that creates and run the chain of control is inherently dishonest, then the chance of the organization being exposed to fraud is large. While traditional fraud investigations focus on breaking down internal control, the...
Graduation season is an important moment for students. They rejoice by taking pictures and sharing them on social media to celebrate. However, behind this joy, fraudsters are lurking and targeting their pictures. Jisc, a UK-based non-profit educational digitalization company, warns university graduates to refrain from posting selfies with their diplomas on...
