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Fraud in Nonprofit Organizations: How to Mitigate it?

Author(s) : Dr. Marvin L. J. Blye1, Dr. Desire Luamba2

Publisher : FOREX Publication

Published : 10 October 2021

e-ISSN : 2347-4696

Page(s) : 385-392




Dr. Marvin L. J. Blye,Deputy Chief Financial Officer (CFO), City of Baltimore-Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), Baltimore, Maryland, USA ; Email: marvinljblye@gmail.com

Dr. Desire Luamba,Adjunct Faculty, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN, USA

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Dr. Marvin L. J. Blye and Dr. Desire Luamba (2021), Fraud in Nonprofit Organizations: How to Mitigate it?. IJBMR 9(4), 385-392. DOI: 10.37391/IJBMR.090401.