Fraud
Fraud Investigations Decline

According to university's study, the FBI has decreased its focus on those types crimes to less then a quarter (1/4) of all complaints filed, which is at a 20-year low.

The crimes FBI typically investigates are bigger crimes. They do not pursue individual cases.

As the chart below demonstrates, from 1991-1996 the FBI investigations increased almost 50 percent. But during the new millennium, the FBI's investigations dropped 50 percent. The gradual decline began in 1997, but took a dramatic downturn in 2001.

Fiscal Year	Number of White Collar Referrals	Percent of FBI Referrals
1986	12,964	28.3
1987	12,725	30.8
1988	13,888	31.8
1989	14,289	32.2
1990	15,414	35.3
1991	18,109	39.1
1992	18,956	38.6
1993	20,893	40.5
1994	18,606	39.1
1995	19,642	40.1
1996	15,485	35.3
1997	13,989	33.3
1998	13,720	32.5
1999	13,952	33.1
2000	13,472	32.8
2001	12,835	32.9
2002	9,254	27.6

Copyright 2002, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University

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