fraud squad
Scam-hunting police unit
A fraud squad is a specialized unit within a police force or law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes, scams, and deceptive schemes.
These units handle cases involving embezzlement, identity theft, insurance fraud, and corporate malfeasance.
The fraud squad was called in after auditors discovered irregularities in the company's accounts.
In British usage especially, the term often appears with the definite article: the Fraud Squad.
- policeCivil law enforcement
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- fileStored collection of data
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
swindle · Ponzi schemes · corruption · asset seizure · insider trading · evidence · paper trail · digital forensics · forensic accountants · white-collar crime · financial crimes · officer · undercover operation · Scotland Yard · law enforcement · identity theft · tax evasion · money laundering
- Investigative BodiesFBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, NSA
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- law enforcementFBI, police station, patrolmen, police officer, cop
- watchdogswatchdog, government watchdog, overseer, inspector, media watchdog
fraud squadhomicide detectives
Officers solving killings
SWAT team · tactical unit · vice squad · drug enforcement · gang unit
fraud squadfraudsters
People who deceive for gain
con artists · scammers · swindlers · embezzlers · grifters
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