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Everyone is at risk!
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The value of fraud detected in Australia more than doubled in the second half of 2010. (KPMG Fraud Report)
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There were 81 large fraud cases before Australian courts from July to December 2009 worth $217.9 million. (KPMG Fraud Report)
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Hiring the wrong person can cost businesses between 30 per cent to 200 per cent of a person’s annual salary.
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15% of employees involved in fraudulent conduct had a history of dishonesty with previous employers. (KPMG Fraud Report)
- In the year 1996-97, the HICs Annual Report indicates that $3.9 million of benefits paid incorrectly were recovered or were in the process of being recovered from providers and the public. (Fraud Liaison Forum, Canberra 25 May 2000)
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Indian-trained surgeon Dr Jayant Patel, the former director of surgery at the Bundaberg hospital, fled Australia after it was discovered he had been struck off and discredited in the US for botched surgery that killed a number of patients. At least 80 people are thought to have died at the hands of Queensland's "Dr Death" following evidence provided by the State Government.
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