Did you accidentally make a duplicate payment? Or maybe you filled out payment information incorrectly? Did your check get lost in the mail? As hard as we can try to avoid mishaps like these, they’re inevitable. It happens! Sometimes it isn’t even your fault. Let’s fix those mistakes! Here is my process for voiding checks […]
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A story of email fraud We received an email from an existing client authorizing a payment by wire to one of their vendors and including wire instructions. The wire request was for a large amount, but not out of the ordinary for that organization ($1.4 million). The body of the emailed wire request showed a
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Unfortunately, employee fraud happens. One day we got a call from a business that had been referred to us. They were a growing company with 50+ employees. They needed a new accounting department. It was urgent, they said. Their employee bookkeeper had just quit the last day of the month. One of her duties was
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5 Ways Your Accountant Can Help You Prevent Fraud Has your business been a victim of fraud? A couple of years ago, a cloud accounting client forwarded us an email that they had just received from a Police Officer in another state. That police department was investigating a check that an individual was
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We will periodically post summaries of our experiences with other small businesses in an effort to share problems and solutions and learn from each other. The Problem: A growing company with 50+ employees suddenly discovered that they were the victims of check fraud. The on-staff bookkeeper had forged the principal’s signature on several checks made payable to
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