Syndix Forensic Consulting was established to assist individuals with limited knowledge of fraud, investigations and misconduct, to gain the necessary knowledge to protect their organisation and assets.
In the current times, it is extremely important to ensure that you are familiar with the financial and operational environment of your organisation. This includes minimizing the possibility of fraud in your organisation.
This is where Syndix Forensic Consulting can assist with your needs from investigating alleged fraud, theft or misconduct, to calculating economic losses and creating procedures to reduce the possibility of fraud
Occupational Fraud 2022:
Occupational fraud is likely the most costly and most common form of financial crime in the world. The term occupational fraud refers to fraud that is committed by individuals against the organisation that employs them.
ACFE has reported that their respondents observed an increase of 77% in fraud as of August 2020.
There is also an expectation that fraud will further increase to 92% in the next 12 months
Corruption Perception
South Africa was ranked 70 on the Corruption Perception Index, published in 2019, with a score of 44. Countries are scored between 0 and 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.