"Merchants throughout the United States are losing approximately $190 billion a year in fraud, banks lose $11 billion and other firms lose about 4.8 billion. These losses are scary, and present a deep systemic problem.” – Forbes Magazine
As a business owner there is nothing that keeps you up at night more than realizing the very people you trusted to help build and grow your company are possibly the ones robbing you blind. It may be happening… it may not be… how are you to even know… but if it is, how much could you be losing?
This is where Steve Dawson and Dawson Forensic Group can help. His expertise and real-life, in-the-trenches experiences are invaluable to helping setup and maintain a robust anti-fraud and internal control system that protects the profits of companies just like yours. For over 30 years, Dawson has performed forensic investigations and provided forensic services to a wide variety of public, private businesses / corporations, small “mom and pop” businesses, non-profit organizations, and federal and state government agencies.
In a recent interview, Steve was asked “what is the largest challenge that business owners face in regards to taking care of and dealing with this systemic problem of fraud?" His answer…
”We must have a dramatic mind shift to accept that fraud protection is a major need for every business, regardless of size, sales and people. A Fraud Protection Program and Internal Controls must be established and in place before the theft occurs.” He is passionate about helping businesses understand that only 4.5% of fraud/theft is greed-based, while 95% is need-based. If systems are put in place to identify/eliminate need-based theft opportunities, the fraud is less likely to occur.
Through his keynote (one-hour) presentations, workshops, group seminars and one-on-one private consultations, Steve educates his audiences on the value of building and implementing a fraud prevention, detection, and education/training program specific to their company needs. Using a good dose of humor and real life stories, he trains and mentors business professionals on a variety of topics including forensic auditing, litigation support, accounting records reconstruction, internal control design, and anti-fraud training.
He is a sought after keynote speaker / trainer and is devoted to the unique needs of the small business community. Steve’s mission is to help protect business owners protect themselves, their employees, and their profits. His company is dedicated to ”Educating and training small businesses in how to set up and implement anti-fraud programs designed to prevent and/or detect internal occupational fraud.”
