Fraud
What is fraud?
Fraud means providing false or misleading information for personal gain
Examples
- Example: Claiming travel expenses for a trip that no one made.
- Example: Providing false data or information about a project.
Why should you care about fraud?
- Fraud reduces the amount of Global Fund money available for medicines and important program services.
- Fraud results in higher prices of medicines and supplies.
- Fraud results in the supply of sub-standard products and medicines.
- Fraud results in medicine shortages due to theft or non-delivery.
How do you spot fraud?
Fraud can have the following red flags:
- Falsified documents such as invoices, accounting records or signatures.
- The country of origin of the goods supplied differs from the tender or purchase documents.
- A supplier is located in a residential house and has no website.
- Borrowing project money for personal use or unexplained money transfers.
- A supplier did not deliver the number, type or brand of goods ordered.
- Suspicious-looking documentation supporting a purchase of goods or expense claim.
- Relatives of management are frequently hired.
- Staff and contractors are hired who are not qualified for the job.
