People Impacted: 75
SIFE Students Involved: 3
Audience: Union County Businesses/Community

An informative newsletter teaching local community members and business owners/managers about the rising problems of fraud and embezzlement. The objective of the project was to inform the local business and community members of the importance of being aware of identity theft and embezzlement tactics as well as means of preventing identity theft and embezzlement from occurring. The newsletter provided readers with situations they can relate to (i.e., fraud does happen in small towns), which will facilitate the effective use of the information given. Topics covered were check fraud, credit card fraud, prevention techniques such as signature verification, random checks, and quality record keeping.

Results: All readers are more informed about identity theft, embezzlement, and other fraudulent activities that were not previously discussed. This tool provided by EOU SIFE will begin the process of eliminating fraud in the local community.