The majority of economic criminals in Ukraine are representatives of companies' top management (40% in each company), according to the results of the Global Economic Crime Survey 2011 by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
A total of 3,877 respondents from 72 countries of the world, including 84 respondents from Ukrainian companies from twelve economic spheres were polled for the survey.
PwC in Ukraine Managing Partner Borys Krasniansky said that 60% of internal crimes in the world are committed by the mid-tier managers and average employees.
According to the poll, in Ukraine in 2011 some 40% of economic crimes were committed by top management representatives, 40% by mid-tier managers, and 20% by junior employees of companies.
"A typical economic criminal in Ukraine is a man with a higher education aged between 31 and 50, who has worked in the company for about five years," Krasniansky said.
He added that financial losses from economic crimes in Ukraine in 2011 were from $100,000 to $5 million.
Kransniansky also said that "every fifth employee who commits fraud in Ukraine goes unpunished."
According to him, in 20% cases the organization did not take any punitive measures against employees that committed fraud.
In 2009 this index amounted to only 3%.
"Such statistics raise concern," Krasniansky said.
He said that, according to the poll, 73% of employees that committed fraud were fired and civil lawsuits lodged against them with demands that they repay the damage they caused.
According to the survey, 43% of respondents stated that their organizations continue supporting business relations with people that committed economic crimes.
