Employee dishonesty crimes spiked at the height of the Great Recession in 2008. But despite a strengthening of the global economy, incidents of employee theft continue to rise.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates that employers lose $20 billion to $40 billion each year to employee theft. More shocking still, employee theft contributes to nearly 30% of all business failures.
And the alarming statistics don't end there.
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