Who should conduct the investigation?

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Question:

We have an internal fraud in our financial institution? Internal Audit, Human Resources and the Security Department are in a major fight over who should be handling the investigation! My question is who should be conducting the investigation?

Answer:

The investigation should be handled by the person trained in internal fraud investigations. Many times, the financial institution has no one trained in how to conduct an internal fraud investigation. When this happens management should retain a “Certified Fraud Examiner,” who has handled several internal fraud cases.

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