In the public sector, fraud prevention begins with understanding the main types of fraud that occur, including: a) contracting/procurement fraud; b) claims/benefits fraud; and c) corruption/influence peddling. It is important to have in place mechanisms to both prevent and minimize the risk of fraud and to monitor and investigate situations in which fraud might be occurring.

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Pre-trial rulings in the Competition Bureau’s prosecution of David Stucky for an alleged lottery participations and prize promotions scam have held that the Bureau can share information obtained from search warrants with foreign competition authorities, and that public interest privilege cannot be established on a class basis.

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