Friday, March 27, 2009

Fraud Investigation Growing Strong

One of the few growth industries in the current economic climate? Fraud investigators.

Allegations of fraud are increasing, as the financial crisis drags on. As a result, reports the New York Times, people who are skilled at following the money have rarely been more in demand.

The FBI is recruiting new hires to work on a glut of cases -- it had more than 1600 open mortgage-fraud investigations at the end of fiscal 2008, almost twice as many as two years earlier.

And private fraud investigation firms are enjoying boom times. The number of certified examiners is said to be up 10 percent compared with last year.

Read more here.


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