Fraud

Law.

A criminally false representation by means of a statement or conduct made knowingly or recklessly in order to gain a material advantage, usually, but not necessarily, a financial advantage.

Financial frauds usually involve concealment as well as false representations.

See also

• Advanced Persistent Threat
• Anti money laundering (AML)
• APP fraud
• CEO fraud
• Cifas
• Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit
• Extrinsic evidence
• Faithful representation
• False accounting
• Forgery
• FRAML
• Fraud Advisory Panel
• Fraud on the minority
• Fraudulent trading
• Misrepresentation
• Money mule
• Pensioner existence fraud
• Ponzi scheme
• Segregation of duties
• Serious Fraud Office
• Software robot
• Wire fraud