{"id":4349,"date":"2026-01-15T05:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosecure.com.tr\/abuse-is-more-a-matter-of-finding-or-creating-an-opportunity-than-of-intent-if-the-opportunity-exists-there-will-always-be-someone-some-people-to-take-advantage-of-it\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T08:09:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:09:38","slug":"abuse-is-more-a-matter-of-finding-or-creating-an-opportunity-than-of-intent-if-the-opportunity-exists-there-will-always-be-someone-some-people-to-take-advantage-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosecure.com.tr\/en\/abuse-is-more-a-matter-of-finding-or-creating-an-opportunity-than-of-intent-if-the-opportunity-exists-there-will-always-be-someone-some-people-to-take-advantage-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraud is a matter of finding or creating an opportunity rather than of intent: if the opportunity exists, there will always be someone\/some people to take advantage of it."},"content":{"rendered":"

Fraud is a matter of finding or creating an opportunity rather than of intent: if the opportunity exists, there will always be someone\/some people to take advantage of it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything may seem fine in your company today.
\nBut somewhere, an employee, a supplier, perhaps a manager is quietly waiting for one thing<\/strong>:
\nA weak approval process\u2026
\nAn empty signature\u2026
\nUnchecked authority\u2026<\/p>\n

Fraud, most of the time, is not initiated by \u201cbad people\u201d; it begins with an opportunity left open.<\/strong>
\nAnd research is clear: Opportunity does not exist, intentional fraudsters cannot most of the time take action to act <\/strong>(Schuchter & Levi, 2016; Schuchter & Levi, 2015; Suh et al., 2019; Othman & Othman, 2025).<\/p>\n

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The essence of abuse: seeing the opportunity or deliberately creating it<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cressey’s famous Fraud Triangle<\/strong> talks about three key elements: pressure, opportunity, rationalization (Schuchter & Levi, 2016; Waromi et al., 2025; Saluja et al,
\nYou may have a shortage of money (pressure) and the thought “I actually deserve it” (rationalization);
\nBut without weak controls, unchecked authority, or loopholes<\/strong>, it is often impossible to commit fraud (Schuchter & Levi, 2016; Zuberi & Mzenzi, 2019; Suh et al., 2019; Kagias et al., 2021).<\/p>\n

Indeed, both field interviews and empirical studies emphasise that opportunity is a universal precondition for all white-collar crimes<\/strong> (Schuchter & Levi, 2016; Schuchter & Levi, 2015).<\/p>\n