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Insider fraud rising, but controls improving, survey suggests

Cifas study finds sharp rise in UK fraud by staff

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Fraud by employees rose sharply in 2011, but the figures imply that internal controls against fraud have also become much more effective, according to a survey released on May 11 by the UK non-profit fraud information sharing service Cifas.

The study found a 14.5% increase in staff frauds from 2010, with 378 reported by Cifas members this year. But 44% of the frauds were discovered by companies'

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