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Cooking the Books: Restaurant Theft
Bellagio chef busted for stealing $2K worth of lobster tails.
Waiter caught stealing customers’ credit cards, sentenced to 12 years.
Restaurant manager catches employee stealing from safe.
...Credit & Debit Acceptance Challenges
Credit and debit acceptance at merchants, wholesalers, contractors, and manufacturers is at a record high volume. Recording and keeping track of the credit cards is challenging. Businesses...
Opportunities for Fraudsters: Is Your Credit Card Safe?
How do fraudsters and dishonest employees steal monies from a merchant’s credit card processing system? Here are a few common ways:
- Stealing Cash and Substituting...
New Year, New Scam: Why Not to Abbreviate 2020
By now, many people’s New Year’s resolutions have come and gone. But here’s one resolution that’s much easier to keep than getting up at 5:00 am...
Ransom in the Digital World
The concept of ransom is as old as crime; ransomware is the extension of ransom to the digital world.
The first instance of a ransomware attack is...
Business Email Compromise Scams
- In 2016, an Austrian Aerospace firm was defrauded of $42 million dollars.
- In 2017, Save the Children USA was the victim of a...
Social Media: A Powerful Tool
“Twitter is not a technology, it’s a conversation—and it’s happening with or without you.”
Charlene Li, author
Social media refers to any website or application that...
Expanding the Definition of “Employee”
By Agnes Gawecki
The definition of “employee” under Employee Theft Coverage is crucial in determining whether benefits will be paid in the event of property theft....
Workplace Bias
Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman . . .
Tammy Wynette
Women in the workplace walk a tightrope between being perceived as too bossy or too weak. The same behaviors are labeled differently for male leaders and female leaders. A male leader who shouts, speaks over others, and ignores opposing viewpoints may command...
Choose Wisely
Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.
-British Politician (1930s)
Appearances, behavior, tone of...









