One of the most damaging types of fraud is insider fraud. This is
fraud committed by someone involved with the charity, whether a
trustee, an employee or volunteer.
As well as taking money away from the charity that could be spent
on beneficiaries and the end cause, it’s an abuse of the
relationship and position of trust between the individual and the
charity.
Insider fraud can have a damaging impact on a charity’s
reputation and the morale of other staff and volunteers. It can
also dent donors’ and beneficiaries’ confidence in the charity
and its work.
As part of Charity Fraud Awareness Week 2017 we want to find out
more about insider fraud in charities. We want to work with, and
listen to charities about their experiences of dealing with
insider fraud to:
- identify common themes
- highlight good practice in charities
- help other charities learn lessons and share their experience
- improve our guidance to help other charities in the future
If you are or were involved in a charity that experienced insider
fraud, we would like to hear from you. How did you spot it? With
hindsight, did you miss the signals? If you did not report it at
the time, why not?
If you believe your charity prevented insider fraud by counter
fraud actions, what good practice or advice would you like to
share with other charities?
We are also interested in hearing from those who have knowledge
and experience of investigating fraud, or implementing fraud
prevention in charities including:
- professional advisers
- professional membership bodies
- charity insurers
If you think you can help, complete the relevant survey by Friday
8 December 2017.
Insider fraud survey for
charities
Insider fraud survey for
advisers, charity umbrella groups, professional bodies and
others
If possible, please provide your name and full contact details
with the email so we can get in touch to find out more if needed.
We will accept anonymous submissions too.
Don’t use the surveys to formally report a recent fraud as a
serious incident at your charity. If you need to do this, read
and follow our guidance about reporting serious
incidents.
We are not collecting or recording information about individual
charities through the survey for regulatory compliance purposes.
But, if we are concerned about what you have told us we will
request that you submit a whistleblowing or serious incident
report. We will then respond in line with our usual procedures.
After the closing date, we will analyse the findings and publish
a report of the review on our website. It will summarise the
themes and common issues, and share good examples of counter
fraud and detection practices.
No individual responses or names will be published, unless you
specifically state in your response you are happy to be named or
quoted.
If you are a member of the public and have a complaint about a
charity, find out what to do if you need to complain about a charity.
