There is an old saying that the first rule of a battle is to know when you are in one. In other words, if you don't know you are in a battle (or fight), then it is hard to know exactly how to react.
Getting us to the present topic - the first rule, therefore, is to know if you are under investigation.
Sometimes this is ridiculously simple. If you are in a work environment and a person in your company's HR department, or internal fraud department or (if it is a small company) a co-worker comes to you and starts asking you questions about missing funds or bad accounting and insinuates or comes right out and says that you "might" be involved, then obviously this is a big red flag that you are under investigation.
Another obvious red flag is if you are asked to be interviewed by a law enforcement agency about some accounting irregularities which may involve you. Another red flag is if any outside source, such as an investigatory agency, wants to interview you about the same thing, once again with the caveat that this may involve you.
Obviously, therefore, if you are asked to be interviewed about missing funds or accounting errors, and it is clear that these missing funds or accounting errors "may involve you," then this is a clear indicator that you might be under investigation.
But - what if it is not as clear-cut as this?
Next post.
Getting us to the present topic - the first rule, therefore, is to know if you are under investigation.
Sometimes this is ridiculously simple. If you are in a work environment and a person in your company's HR department, or internal fraud department or (if it is a small company) a co-worker comes to you and starts asking you questions about missing funds or bad accounting and insinuates or comes right out and says that you "might" be involved, then obviously this is a big red flag that you are under investigation.
Another obvious red flag is if you are asked to be interviewed by a law enforcement agency about some accounting irregularities which may involve you. Another red flag is if any outside source, such as an investigatory agency, wants to interview you about the same thing, once again with the caveat that this may involve you.
Obviously, therefore, if you are asked to be interviewed about missing funds or accounting errors, and it is clear that these missing funds or accounting errors "may involve you," then this is a clear indicator that you might be under investigation.
But - what if it is not as clear-cut as this?
Next post.
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Have a great and fraud-free day.
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