Profile of a Fraudster INTERNATIONAL

WEEK
Our study includes perpetrator data from more than
2,000 fraud cases, which can help organizations assess
fraud risk in their own workforces.

MALE FEMALE

GENDER
$150,000 72% $85,000 28%
Males committed Median loss OF CASES Median loss OF CASES

more frauds and caused

higher losses.

MEDIAN LOSS
$200,000 TENURE
Occupational fraudsters
MEDIAN LOSS who had been with
Level of Authority MEDIAN LOSS
$600,000
$100,000 Most occupational frauds are
their organizations at committed by employee-level or
least 6 years caused manager-level personnel.
TWICE the loss of But frauds by owners/executives
less-tenured employees. are much more harmful.
5 YEARS 6 YEARS
OR LESS OR MORE

MEDIAN LOSS
$150,000
MEDIAN LOSS
$60,000

EMPLOYEE MANAGER OWNER/

EXECUTIVE

41% 35% 20%

PERCENT OF CASES

Education No university degree High-Risk Departments

64% $100,000 MEDIAN
LOSS More than three-fourths of all occupational frauds were
committed by employees from these 8 business units:
of occupational
fraudsters had a
University degree or higher
university degree
Operations 15%
or higher. $195,000 MEDIAN
LOSS

Accounting 14%

Executive/upper management 12%

$425,000
Sales 11%

AGE Customer service 9%

$150,000 Administrative support 6%
Older fraudsters
caused much larger $75,000
median losses Finance 5%

<40 40-54 55+ Purchasing 5%

AGE