Corporate fraud, for instance, involves activities undertaken by an individual or company that are dishonest and illegal. These activities often involve complex methods designed to deceive, including manipulated financial data, inflated profits, and misleading investors. Healthcare fraud, on the other hand, involves filing dishonest healthcare claims to turn a profit. It includes practices such as billing for services not rendered, upcoding services and medical items, and rendering unnecessary services.

Other examples of fraud include insurance fraud, identity theft, and fraud claims in expense reporting. Insurance fraud involves acts committed with the intent to obtain a fraudulent outcome from an insurance process, while identity theft involves the deliberate use of someone else’s identifying information, usually for financial gain. Fraud claims in expense reporting, on the other hand, involve dishonest claims for expenses that were not incurred or were not for the purpose of the business.