“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”

Regular readers of this blog will know that many of the fraud losses I discuss here are largely avoidable. Well, my business partner and I have decided to do something about it. Today, we launched Consult-OnLine, an online platform that provides fraud and intellectual property theft prevention services for small- & medium-sized companies.

Why now, and why online?

Quite simply, the number of fraud cases involving small-and medium-sized companies is staggering. SMEs need help, and they need it fast. They are often overlooked by traditional consulting firms as too small to purchase services – or worse, the companies suffer in silence and do their best to muddle through without the assistance of a fraud expert. The most common reason for not engaging a fraud consultant is cost. Small companies can’t afford to pay the hourly rates and expenses that traditional firms charge. They are also genuinely concerned that once a fraud consultant enters their office, they will have a hard time convincing them to leave.

Believe it or not, other firms have offered professional services online before. One in particular was phenomenally successful, but for a number of reasons they shut the site down. We strongly believe that professional services can be delivered online. In fact, we built an innovative platform to do exactly that.

In addition, over the last three months, we have developed a proprietary database that contains analysis of fraud cases from the news. There are so many lessons to be learned from fraud at other companies. We thought it made sense to build a database that companies could access and use to learn how to avoid a similar fraud at their company. I have over 16 years of fraud experience, yet even I am amazed at the number of six- and seven-figure fraud cases that we have gathered from around the world. We are absolutely convinced that the database will “open eyes” and help companies dramatically reduce their fraud risk.

So, I am mad that small- and medium-sized companies coffers are being raided by fraudsters with impunity. AND my firm is prepared to do something about it.

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