Table 1
Selected types of fraud committed against retail,
banking and insurance business establishments, Canada, 2008
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Frauds | |
---|---|
percent | |
Industry | |
Retail | |
Total non-employee fraud | 81.2 |
Return fraud | 32.1 |
Fraudulent uses of credit cards | 15.2 |
Counterfeit money | 15.0 |
Fraudulent uses of cheques | 8.0 |
False identify | 3.1 |
False billing | 2.2 |
False information | 1.7 |
Non-employee other fraud | 1.4 |
Fraudulent uses of private label cards | 1.3 |
Fraudulent uses of debit cards | 1.3 |
Total employee fraud | 18.8 |
Asset misappropriation | 14.4 |
Other economically related fraud | 3.2 |
Improper claims on expense accounts | 0.6 E |
Financial misrepresentation | 0.6 |
Banking 1 | |
Total non-employee fraud | 99.9 |
Fraudulent uses of debit cards | 49.8 |
Fraudulent uses of cheques | 29.1 |
Worthless deposits | 9.9 |
Counterfeit money | 6.2 |
Fraudulent uses of credit cards | 1.2 E |
False identify | 0.9 E |
Non-employee other fraud | 0.6 |
Other loan fraud | F |
False billing | F |
Mortgage fraud | F |
Total employee fraud | 0.1 |
Asset misappropriation | 0.1 E |
Improper claims on expense accounts | F |
Financial misrepresentation | F |
Other economically related fraud | 0.0 |
Health and property insurance | |
Total non-employee fraud | 98.7 |
Insurance claim fraud | 77.0 |
Total other non-employee fraud | 21.7 E |
Advanced fee schemes | F |
False billing | 17.3 E |
Other fraud | F |
Total employee fraud | 1.3 E |
Asset misappropriation | 0.7 E |
Improper claims on expense accounts | F |
Financial misrepresentation | F |
Other economically related fraud | F |
About 29% of individual banking establishments
were able to provide information on the number and types of fraud incidents
experienced in the previous 12-month period; this information was unavailable
for the remaining 71% of banking establishments.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Survey of Fraud Against Businesses, 2007/2008.
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