Staff fraud commonly leads not only to financial loss, but also to the unquantifiable loss of reputation. The aftershock of staff fraud can also be damaging, both to staff morale and to customer confidence. In a climate where corporate reputation and the bottom line are inextricably linked, and where ethical behaviour is being pushed higher up the business agenda than ever, responsible employers are increasingly acknowledging that prevention is better than cure.

Research indicates that dishonest staff move freely between employers and, for most organisations, unknowingly recruiting a fraudster represents a risk too far.

No organisation wants to face the fact that staff fraud is a possibility. After all, good working relationships are based on trust. Increasingly, however, organisations of all sizes, across all sectors, are facing up to the fact that this is an issue that needs to be faced head on.

Can your organisation really afford to ignore the risks?

Solution: CIFAS Staff Fraud Database

CIFAS is able to help the responsible employer to address this problem and minimise the risk of taking on a fraudster as an employee.  This is achieved by a data sharing scheme called the CIFAS Staff Fraud Database. The CIFAS Staff Fraud Database has been described as a success in the area of "sharing data within a framework that safeguards people’s privacy" and "is critical to identifying and preventing fraud” by the National Fraud Authority in its National Fraud Strategy and has been cited as an example of best practice by the Financial Services Authority.

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