by Ted Bilich | Nov 22, 2017 | Fraud and Mismanagement
As we’ve noted before, nonprofits can behave badly. Here’s another report — this time, a New Jersey health clinic. The executive director was just sentenced to 70 months in prison. by Ted Bilich | Nov 20, 2017 | Fraud and Mismanagement
A British nonprofit oversight group reports that one third of British charity fraud is internal to the organizations at issue. Are US nonprofits different? Maybe. But maybe we should be more alert to potential wrongdoing inside our charities. The worst possible... by Ted Bilich | Aug 13, 2015 | Fraud and Mismanagement
The Nonprofit Times is reporting another lawsuit against a public charity alleging fraud: The New York Attorney General’s Office is aiming to shut down a charity it claims was nothing more than a one-man operation run out of the basement of his home in a residential... by Ted Bilich | Aug 11, 2015 | Fraud and Mismanagement
Are nonprofits sufficiently policing their ethics? Consider the following, from a 2012 Nonprofit Quarterly article: Slightly more than half of employees in nonprofits observed misconduct in the previous year, and this is roughly on par with that observed in the other... by Ted Bilich | Aug 8, 2015 | Fraud and Mismanagement
Are nonprofits unusually susceptible to fraud? Consider the following: Nonprofit organizations, in particular, are susceptible to fraud. At a recent webinar conducted by Armanino on occupational fraud in nonprofits, 63 percent of attendees who responded to a polling... by Ted Bilich | Aug 3, 2015 | Fraud and Mismanagement, Nonprofits
This article from the Council of Nonprofits makes a very important point: audits are not usually going to uncover fraud: While independent audits serve an important purpose and may prevent potential fraud, audits rarely detect fraud. Even when an organization conducts...