Fraud in the Workplace71 ways in 100 days

Presented by Dr Maggie Roe Shaw

Director, IntegrityWorks Ltd

Hutt Chamber of Commerce

PURCHASESFood, wine and liqueur

• Created an online account with Supermarket

• Supermarket purchased groceries $45.49

• Supermarket purchased groceries $26.38

• Groceries delivered home $308.28• Supermarket purchase groceries

$54.11• Caterer- ordered 45 Chocolate

coated strawberries $121.90• Caterer- ordered a cake $76.36• Supermarket purchased groceries

$90.20• Supermarket purchased groceries

$80.04• Wines Store delivered $420 spirits

HOW did she do this

• Supermarket on-line shopping with credit card

• Supermarket with forged credit application

• Catering company – used office name

• Wines Company – used office account

PURCHASESProducts/Services

• Purchased DVD’s from Amazon• Purchased I-pad on Account $1184.94• Purchased goods at specialty store$500.00• Purchased luggage from Herald online $246.35• Purchased clothing from Herald online $405.99• Used Buckett Law credit card to get hair coloured

and straightened $160.00• Ordered books from bookstore $69.99• Purchased a Canon SLR Camera $1698.00• Purchased two memory cards for her camera

$70.00• Brought books for herself $134.96• Buckett law cheque to get hair coloured and

straightened $160.00• Purchased cinema tickets using Buckett Law

credit card $60.00

HOW did she do this

Used company credit card for purchases from Amazon, Specialty food store, Herald, Hairdressers, Book Store and Cinema.

Purchased I-Pad and Canon SLR Camera from electronic retailer forged signatures and falsified names to create an account.

Forged Barbara's signature at Hairdressers with Buckett Law cheque

Used Office account with Office supplier to purchase memory cards for the Canon SLR Camera

PURCHASESTravel

• 12/08 Ordered a Taxi Charge Card under Buckett Law• 15/09 Taxi home $40.90• 24/09 Taxi home $39.90• 29/09 Taxi home $41.10• 2/10 Taxi home $43.80• 19/10 Taxi home $40.00• 20/10 Taxi home $35.40• 22/10 Taxi home $42.40• 22/10 Taxi home again $42.30• 23/10 Taxi in town $9.10• 26/10 Taxi home $33.90• 5/11 Purchased one way airfare to Sydney using Buckett Law credit card• 8/11 Taxi home $37.50• 9/11 Taxi home $39.30• 11/11 Taxi home $77.50• 26/11 Taxi home $56.99• 29/11 Taxi home $50.70• 4/12 Taxi home $56.88• 13/12 Taxi to work $42.50• 13/12 Taxi home again $44.80• 14/12 Taxi to work $59.10

HOW did she do this?

Created an unauthorised account for herself and ordered a Taxi Charge Card

Used company credit card to purchase one way flight to Australia

FRAUD• 30/07 Day 3 at work. Wrote a letter to previous employer on Buckett Law stationary posing as a

solicitor.• 02/08 Day 5 at work forged Barbara Buckett’s signature to gain access to Buckett Law accounts• 03/08 Day 6 at work used Buckett Law credit card to buy $167.95 worth of CD’s• 06/08 Falsified a purchase order on Buckett Law stationary to electronic supply store using false

names of referees and forged Barbara Buckett’s signature• 12/08 Forged Barbara Buckett’s signature to obtain credit and swipe card at Supermarket• 18/08 Posed as Barbara Buckett bank to get access to on-line account• 14/09 Tried to get her mobile phone on the Buckett Law Vodafone plan• 20/09 Ordered new Vodafone plan for office and 3x new handsets with no authority $396• 16/11 Forged credit documents with local printing company $3000• 2/12 Forged signature on Buckett Law cheque for Cleaning company and deposited it into her account

$363.73 • 7/12 Forged Barbara Buckett’s signature to buy books for herself $134.96• 9/12 Forged a Buckett Law cheque supposedly for Security company, banked into her account $496.4• 9/12 Forged a Buckett Law cheque to get her hair coloured and straightened $160• 15/12 Forged two cheques to herself $550 and $485

HOW did she do this?

Forged signatures on Company Cheques

Posed as Barbara Buckett at Bank in order to gain access to online accounts

Diverted money to her account from office services

STEALING• 27/07 Day 1 at work. Logged onto payroll and changed her salary- increase of $6000• 06/09 Transferred money from client account $200• Client funds diverted to her bank account $200• 2/11 Client funds diverted to her bank account $200• 19/11 Stole two Buckett Law cheques and forged signatures $1000.00• 7/12 Client funds diverted to her bank account $200• 15/12 Came in and amended payroll to pay herself in January 2011• 15/12 Stole another cheque $396• 15/12 Transferred Buckett Law indemnity Insurance into her bank account $3000

HOW did she do this?

• Gained access to Payroll• By posing as Barbara Buckett at

bank gained access to online accounts and transferred money

• Stole company cheques

FORGERY

• 02/08 Forged Barbara Buckett’s signature to gain access to accounts• 06/08 Wrote a fake purchase order on Buckett Law stationary to electronic store using

false names of referees and forged Barbara Buckett’s signature• 12/08 Forged Barbara Buckett’s signature to create credit, swipe card with Supermarket• 27/08 Forged Barbara Buckett’s signature to get herself a business MasterCard• 29/10 Forged Buckett law cheque to get hair coloured and straightened $160.00• 16/11 Forged credit documents with local printing company $3000• 19/11 Stole two Buckett Law cheques and forged signatures $1000• 2/12 Forged a Buckett Law cheque – supposedly for cleaning company – deposited into

her bank $496• 10/12 Forged Buckett Law cheque to get her hair coloured and straightened $160• 15/12 Forged two cheques to herself $550 and $485

HOW did she do this?

Gained access to accountsForged signature

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Gone but not out

15/12

Suspended from Buckett Law for suspected theft

15/12 entered office to amend payroll, divert indemnity insurance and steal cheques

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