CPE Credits: 7
Description:
This seminar provides attendees with a general overview of basic fraud concepts, as well as a review of specific areas such as statutes and standards related to the recording, reporting, and prosecution of fraudulent activities, internal auditor responsibilities in the audit for fraud, and fraud detection and prevention techniques. Also addressed during this seminar is the classification of frauds, investigation techniques, and fraud within information technology. The seminar will incorporate several case analyses of frauds perpetrated by employees and how such frauds were identified and investigated. The seminar will also introduce and incorporate the basic concepts of forensic analysis as a means of further investigating fraudulent activities by organization personnel, third party providers, and contractors.
Audience:
This seminar is intended for internal and external audit professionals, security investigators, General Counsels, Chief Security Officers, Controllers, InfoSec professionals, and anyone interested in obtaining a better understanding of and general introduction to auditing and controlling fraud with workplace environments.
Prerequisites:
There is no prerequisite for this seminar.
Objectives:
After completing this seminar, participants will be able to:
- Provide organization decision-makers with enough information so that a business decision, consistent with policy and the entity's best interests, can be made regarding the identification and prevention of fraud
- Define and explain the differences among several kinds of errors frauds and illegal acts that might occur in an organization
- Increase individual fraud awareness within ongoing operations on how to minimize potential fraudulent activities from occurring
- Explain the various auditing standards related to fraud and illegal acts
- List and explain some conditions that can lead to frauds
- Comprehend basic aspects of fraud detection
- Obtain insight on fraud prevention and identifying weaknesses in internal control systems
- Describe some extended procedures for finding fraud
- Identify the importance of and differences between interviews and interrogations
- Describe forensic accounting techniques
- Identify evidence and documentary evidence
- Understand the roles which people, physical environment, and observation play in the investigation of fraud
Course Outline:
Conditions & Reasons Leading to Fraud
- Business circumstances requiring fraud auditing
- Conditions Which Create an Opportunity to Commit Fraud
- Reasons for Committing Fraud
Fraud “by the Numbers”
Fraud Statutes & Standards
- General Definition of Fraud and Applicable Law
- Federal Statutes
- Major Codified Standards on Fraud Auditing
- Fraud Audit Standards Overview
Reducing Organizational Risk
- Fraud Policy
- Compliance Program to Reduce Organizational Risk
- Deterrence of Fraud - Audit Considerations
Auditor’s Role in Auditing for Fraud
- Detection of Fraud - Auditor Responsibilities
- Reporting of Fraud - Auditor Responsibilities
- Reasons Why Auditors Fail to Detect Fraud
- Pitfalls for Auditors Engaged in Auditing for Fraud
Fraud - Warning Signs
- Personality Characteristics
- Organizational Characteristics
- Transactional Characteristics
Fraud Related Activities for Auditors
High-Risk Areas for Fraud
- Health Care
- Advance Fee Scheme
- Impersonation Fraud
- Receipts
- Payables
- Payroll
- Inventories
- Purchasing
- Letter of Credit Fraud
- "Ponzi" Scheme
- Pyramid Scheme
- Retail Operations
- Web-based Fraud
- Telephone Fraud
Auditing for Fraud: Tips & Techniques
- General Fraud Audit Checklist
- Fraud Detection Methods Checklist
The Fraud Audit “Process”
- Reasons for Investigations
- How IT Can Spot Accounting Fraud
- Computerized Fraud Auditing: Crunching the Data
The Environment for Fraud
- Elements to Commit Fraud
- Factors that Change Nature of Risks