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At what point does suspected fraud become a criminal matter?

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Recognising the point at which suspected fraud becomes a criminal matter is essential, because that threshold changes the obligations, the risks and the experts a leader must involve.

This report explains how the civil-to-criminal line is drawn in your chosen jurisdiction and industry, the factors that elevate conduct to a criminal level, and how civil, regulatory and criminal processes can run in parallel.

It covers the scenarios that cross the threshold, and the warning indicators that a matter is criminal in nature.

It sets out the consequences of criminal exposure drawn from published cases, and guidance on when to engage criminal counsel, forensic accountants and law enforcement to manage a matter that has, or may, become criminal.

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