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