CECIL Confidential Reporting Page
CESIL Contact Information:
Email: CESIL@luzernecounty.org
Confidential Phone Line for Voicemail Complaint:
570-825-1632
Examples of Fraud
- Embezzlement
- Forgery
- Stealing
- Bribery
- Payoffs
- Kickbacks
- Check tampering
- Skimming
- Billing fraud
Actions You Should Report (use our CESIL hotline)
- Any of the above
- Suspected theft or misuse of County property or cash
- Submisson of illegitimate vendor invoices
- Falsification of expense reimbursements
- Mismanagement of tax dollars
- Tampering with government records
Other Fraud Tidbits
- U.S. organizations lose about 7% of their annual revenues to fraud
- Among organizations that had hotlines, losses were reduced by 17% and the duration of fraud was reduced by 30%
- Fraud can result in increased taxes, decreased employee benefits, and/or fewer services for citizens
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