ABSTRACT
There are many types of financial crimes. Some of these crimes can be solved in a short period, while others will take a long time. The time required directly relates to the complexity of the crime. Complex financial crimes consume large amounts of time to gather huge amounts of financial records to support a conviction. However, all financial crimes have one common factor: greed. Most people are honest and trustworthy when the opportunity is not present. There are three factors that are present in financial crimes: (1) something of value must be present; (2) an opportunity to take something of value without being detected must be present; and (3) there must be a perpetrator who is willing to commit the offense.
