Sentence examples for measures fraud from inspiring English sources

Members of the public lost a total of £3.2 million from dating scams alone in 2015, according to the KPMG fraud barometer, which measures fraud cases with losses of £100,000 or above.

In calculating the agency's rate of improper payments, Medicare officials told outside auditors to ignore government policies that would have accurately measured fraud, according to the report.

"It's hard to measure fraud on the Internet, but this is just a variation on the classic get-rich-quick scheme".

Some years ago, researchers from a British university contacted the member agencies of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to ask them how they measured fraud.

The responses were not encouraging: "we are too busy to help", "we are unable to respond to your exact request" and "we do not measure fraud".

But the actual percentage--there are two ways to measure fraud or misuse.

Ms Prentice said the combined measures meant fraud was now easier to detect.

On the receiver unit display, the operator can check and compare the two (local and remote) measures detecting fraud by determining if there is a difference between the measures.

under this chapter in a manner that imposes or specifies reporting or recordkeeping requirements, procedures, or standards as prophylactic measures against fraud, manipulation, or insider trading with respect to any security-based swap agreement.

WorldCom overstated its results by more than $5 billion over seven quarters, prosecutors said, though by other measures the fraud totaled $11 billion.

Rather than complicating our lives with ever more complex rules and regulations, policymakers would better serve the public if they stuck to strong protections for property rights and meaningful measures against fraud.