Fraud is a widespread problem and can occur frequently in all sorts of contexts, the implementation of contracts for development projects are not alone and in some ways, other situations are more vulnerable. Dishonesty can form the basis of such behaviour, and if the person or people concerned can get away with it in the short and long term, it can result in sizeable rewards sometimes instantaneously. If they get away with a clearly fraudulent act but circumstances change, in many cases an investigation and prosecution can result, in part because of the political desire to demonstrate that their predecessors were not as honest and law-abiding as was their image at the time.