Every two years the Association of Certified Fraud Examiner releases a study on fraud in their Report to the Nation. The 2018 report was recently released and I found the following facts to be very interesting. Over $7 billion in total losses. This number continues to increase. A majority of the victims recovered nothing. [...]
I come across a lot of people who think non-profits (NPO) don’t need to make money. In fact, it’s called “non-profit” because it’s not supposed to make a profit. Right? Wrong. A NPO needs to make money and even show a “profit”. What is profit? Profit is when revenues/support exceed expenses. We use a different [...]
“Help me!” cried my 89 year old great Aunt Ethel over the phone. Ethel was frightened and confused. She had listed her house for sale and was meeting with the realtor, who was pressuring her to sign a sales contract. As it turned out Ethel had dementia and was unable to make decisions on her [...]
