How to fight fraud in the workplace

Kenya: Almost all organisations are vulnerable to workplace fraud regardless of their size. This is evidenced by the number of employees who have been fired or whose cases have been heard in court. It is common to read about cases of employees who have been charged with fraud, pilferage or corruption.

It is a vice employers are trying to fight in order to improve productivity. Fraud can take many forms, including embezzlement, forgery, theft of company assets and computer-based and cyber crime. It can go on for long if unchecked.