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Fraud Awareness Week Casts Spotlight on White Collar Crime
Overture, Inc. Joins Ranks of Supporters for Nov. 3-9 Awareness Movement

Overture, Inc. will be participating in the International Fraud Awareness Week, Nov. 3-9, 2013 as an official supporter to promote anti-fraud awareness and education. Organizations around the world lose an estimated 5 percent of their annual revenues to fraud, according to a study conducted by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).

As an official supporter of the movement (also known as “Fraud Week”), Overture, Inc. joins hundreds of organizations who have partnered with the ACFE, the world's largest anti-fraud organization and premier provider of anti-fraud training and education, in a commitment to proactively fight fraud and help safeguard business and investments from this growing problem.
ACFE President and CEO James D. Ratley, CFE, said that the support of organizations around the world helps make Fraud Week an effective tool in raising anti-fraud awareness.

“While fraud prevention and detection is a year-round endeavor, International Fraud Awareness Week provides a great opportunity to spotlight this serious problem and stress the importance of anti-fraud training and education,” Ratley said. “Businesses and organizations who are involved in this campaign show an understanding that spreading awareness is key in combating the worldwide fraud threat.

“This marks the fifth year since Fraud Week became an international movement, and once again, we want to say ‘thank you’ to all of the Fraud Awareness Week supporters for making it a reality,” Ratley said.

In its 2012 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud & Abuse, the ACFE found that:

For more information about increasing awareness and reducing the risk of fraud during International Fraud Awareness Week, visit www.FraudWeek.com.

The 2012 Report to the Nations is available for download online at the ACFE’s web site: www.ACFE.com/RTTN.  The Report is in PDF format.

About the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
The ACFE is the world's largest anti-fraud organization and premier provider of anti-fraud training and education. Together with nearly 65,000 members in over 150 countries, the ACFE is reducing the incidence of fraud and providing the training and resources to fight fraud more effectively. For more information about the ACFE, visit www.ACFE.com.

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