Generative AI enables fraudsters to craft fake resumes, identities, and video personas—especially targeting remoteroles. Within just 70 minutes, a convincing deepfake applicant can be created. Employers face risks ranging fromcompliance violations (e.g., child-labor…
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Fake Nurse’ Fired from Advent Health Palm Coast Could Expose Hospital to Lawsuits
A woman named Autumn Bardisa, age 29, was arrested for impersonating a licensed nurse at Adven tHealth PalmCoast Parkway. From June 2024 through January 2025, she treated around 4,486 patients using falsified documentsand another nurse’s license number. Her deception…
5 Ways to Identify AI Deepfakes Posing as Job Candidates
To identify AI-generated deepfake job candidates, experts recommend several strategies: 1. Request challengingactions: Ask candidates to perform tasks that are difficult for AI to replicate, such as placing a hand in front of theirface or turning their head at varying…
Pulling Fraud Out of the Shadows: Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2018
The PwC’s 2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey has found that only 49% of global organisations said they had been a victim of fraud and economic crime. In reality, though, too few companies are fully aware of the fraud risks they face. Companies who focus on…
How Employee Background Verification Impacts the Culture of an Organization
With the anticipation of India as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, the need for background verification checks has increased after one individual was found to have falsified his resume. The hiring company has faced an increase in workplace crimes of…
Didn’t Think Executives Lied on CVs? We Name Seven who Faced Consequences
In terms of resumes, lies are on the rise. And while you might think that lying on resumes is less common among candidates for senior management jobs, it turns out that it’s actually easier for them to do. This is according to Jay Meschke, president of CBIZ…
One to Watch: The House Judiciary Committee Signs Off On Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act
On June 24, 2015, the House Judiciary Committee voted to send H.R. 1927, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act, to the full House. The substance of the Act prohibits any federal court from certifying a class action unless the party seeking certification…
Lessons on Work-Related Fraud and Abuse
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners recently released its 2014 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse (the “Report”), which provides interesting statistics and insights for HR professionals hoping to better understand and combat…
1 In 5 Employees Going Rogue With Corporate Data
A recent SailPoint survey conducted by Vanson Bourne results amplified concerns of companies around the world about the use of cloud applications to share mission-critical information. In fact, 20% of employees, as in, 1 in 5 employees, has uploaded proprietary…
When it Comes To Fraud, What is The Cost of Complacency?
The ACFE invites you to publish and/or post for your audience our new infographic, “The Cost of Complacency.” When it comes to fraud, what is the cost of complacency? Research conducted by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the…