We’re falling behind in the fight against fraud.   Though there are far more prosecutions now,  fraud continues to be a growing problem.  Over the last ten years fraud has really taken off.

FTC numbers of complaints and losses

2013:   over 1 million; $1.6 billion

2023:   2.6 million;      $10 billion

IC3 numbers of complaints and reported losses

2013:  262,813; $781,800,000

2023:  880,418; $12.5 billion

Three things I’ve learned as a lawyer.  Not all, always, but surely mainly true. 

  1. Facts are stubborn things
  2. The lawyer on the other side isn’t evil (even if their client is)
  3. Juries make good decisions

Full report here