🚨 Fraud Friday 🚨
Only 4% of small businesses fully recover their losses after occupational fraud.
4%.
Let that sink in for a moment.
That means 96 out of every 100 small business owners who experience fraud —
Never get their money back.
Not most of it.
Not half of it.
Not even a fraction of it.
The Brooklyn daycare — $2.75 million — gone.
The physician office — $928,988 — gone.
The Canton financial controller — $598,000 — gone.
The Waynesboro bookkeeper — $158,110 — gone.
Prevention is not an expense.
It is the only investment that actually protects everything else.
— @HJBForensics | CFE | Wills Point, TX
#FraudFriday #OccupationalFraud #FraudPrevention #SmallBusiness #SmallBusinessOwner #EastTexas #ETX #NETx #TexasBusiness #TylerTX #LongviewTX #SBDC #WillsPointTX
🧵 CFE Thursday — The Fraud Triangle 🧵
In 12 years of fraud examination there is one concept that explains virtually every single case I have ever seen.
It is called the Fraud Triangle.
And once you understand it —
You will never look at your business the same way again.
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— @HJBForensics | CFE | Wills Point, TX
#FraudTriangle #CFE #OccupationalFraud #FraudPrevention #SmallBusiness #SmallBusinessOwner #EastTexas #ETX #TexasBusiness #SBDC
I’ve launched @HJBForensics — a page dedicated to fraud education for small business owners.
Real cases. Real red flags. Real prevention tips posted daily.
If you own a business or know someone who does — give it a follow. It could save you. 🚨
An extremely pointed message from @POTUS to those who are dragging their feet on CLARITY.
This is, and always has been, about what’s in the best interest of the American people.
Before my grandpa died, he told me that good men with good hearts die between 30-45, they just don't get buried until they are 80.
The older I get, the more that makes sense.
I own a small bakery. We aren’t famous, but we pay the bills. Last Tuesday, a woman came in. She was gripping her purse so tight her knuckles were white. She looked at the display case for a long time—too long. She pointed to the smallest plain vanilla cupcake we had. 'Just that one, please,' she whispered. 'Could you… could you put a tiny candle on it? It’s my daughter’s 6th birthday.' I looked at her shoes. They were wet. It was raining outside, and she had walked here. I looked at her eyes. Red-rimmed. I knew that look. It’s the look of a parent who has to choose between rent and a party. 'I’m sorry,' I said, putting on my best acting face. 'I actually have a huge problem. See this 8-inch chocolate cake with the unicorn frosting?' She looked at the expensive cake on the counter. 'My new decorator messed it up,' I lied. 'The icing is… uh… uneven. I can’t sell it. I was about to throw it in the trash. Would you do me a favor and take it off my hands? No charge. It saves me the guilt of wasting food.' She stared at me. She knew. The icing was perfect. She started to cry, right there in front of the croissant tray. 'Are you sure?' she asked. 'Please,' I insisted. 'You’re doing me a favor.' She walked out with a cake that would have cost $65, holding it like it was gold. Yesterday, I found a card slid under my door. It was a drawing from a 6-year-old girl. A unicorn with a big smile. And in wobbly crayon letters: 'Thank you for making my mommy happy.' Best profit I’ve made all year.
GIVEAWAY!
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I will run the giveaway after 8pm EST on Saturday 9/27.
1960 Willie Mays. Solid card, but mark on the back.
Thank you!
@elonmusk Scheduled Model Y test drive three days ago on Tesla App only to arrive today at scheduled time to be told there is no Model Y to drive but if I wanted to look the rep would let me gaze into a customers car from outside the window at the interior. Disappointing.
@elonmusk Scheduled Model Y test drive three days ago on Tesla App only to arrive today at scheduled time to be told there is no Model Y to drive but if I wanted to look the rep would let me gaze into a customers car from outside the window at the interior. Disappointing.
For the first time ever, the Altcoin Market (TOTAL2) closed above the 2021 all-time high, the same day as the Russell 2000 closed above the 2021 all-time high for the first time ever.
Years of talking about them... there it is.