PSECU Celebrates Fraud Awareness Week with Employees and Members
HARRISBURG, PA - November 12, 2009 - With recent difficulties in the economy increasing financial pressures for businesses and individuals alike, fraud is on the rise, according to security experts. In response, PSECU is using International Fraud Awareness Week to educate both its employees and members on how to identify and prevent fraud in the workplace and at home.
The PSECU Loss Prevention and Security (LP&S) Unit kicked off the awareness campaign early by holding an information fair for employees at PSECU's headquarters. At the fair, the LP&S Unit provided information on external fraud as well as what red flags to look for to identify internal fraud. Representatives from the PA Attorney General's Office, Pennsylvania State Police, Department of Aging & Dauphin County Criminal Investigation Division also participated to provide an update on the current fraud climate in Pennsylvania.
PSECU will also be using National Fraud Prevention Week to provide its members with information on how to protect themselves from the growing number of fraud schemes people fall victim to every day. Staff from the LP&S Unit set up a table at both PSECU counter locations in the Harrisburg Area to hand out helpful tips and answer members' questions.
About PSECU
PSECU is a not-for-profit financial institution that provides a full array of convenient, electronically delivered services at no or low cost. Chartered in 1933, PSECU is one of the nation's largest credit unions. It serves more than 365,000 members and has over $3 billion in assets. The membership of the said Credit Union will be limited to the employees of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; those employees eligible for membership in the State Employees' Retirement System; those persons receiving a benefit allowance from the State Employees' Retirement System; students and alumni of institutions of the State System of Higher Education; employees eligible for membership in the Public School Employees' Retirement System and persons receiving a benefit allowance from the Public School Employees' Retirement System; employees of local governments organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; with the prior approval of the Department of Banking, other occupational and associated groups as provided by law; the Select Employee Group (SEG) employer entity; employees of the Credit Union; members of the immediate families or households of the above persons; corporate or other legal entities in this charter; and exclusively for share services, organizations composed principally of the same groups as the Credit Union membership.