(NewsUSA) - For businesses, the average financial loss for one instance of employee fraud -- the deliberate misuse or misapplication of company resources -- is $140,000, and 40 to 50 percent of victimized companies don't recover any of their losses.
Internal fraud isn't just threatening. Sometimes it's downright crippling, and small businesses suffer the biggest losses.
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