Financial statement frauds accounted for only 10 percent of all reported occupational fraud cases in 2020 and 2021, but caused median losses of about 593,000 U.S. dollars. 86 percent of reported cases were asset misappropriation that caused a median loss of 100,000 per case.
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ACFE. (April 20, 2022). Median losses caused by occupational frauds worldwide in 2020 and 2021, by type of fraud (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/460377/median-losses-caused-by-occupational-frauds-by-type/
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