Description
Organizations that fall victim to fraud (and that is every organization in the world) have many controls in place to combat fraud. We will discuss means and methods to stop fraud and the controls that victim organizations employ to seek improvements for our organizations.
Designed For
CPAs in public practice and industry who wish to educate clients or colleagues on how to better prevent fraud from occurring at the source - would-be fraudsters - as well as to seek means to improve anti-fraud controls
Objectives
Understand the prevalence and incredible cost of fraud, Learn what drives seemingly honest people to steal, Understand that there are many layers in fraud defense, Understand that checklists can help both management and us to focus in areas we may have overlooked.
Highlights
Fraud's cost -- ACFE's Report to the Nations; Ancillary costs, Why good folks go bad -- What studies indicate; Five interesting findings; Red flags, Combating fraud with controls, Fraud checklists
Advanced Prep
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Leaders
Frank Gorrell
Frank Gorrell is a CPA licensed in the Commonwealths of Massachusetts and Virginia. He has been presenting CPE and other educational courses for over 14 years. Frank’s working career has spanned four decades in various jobs before getting his master’s in accountancy from Bentley University. He has been a CPA since the mid-1990s. Frank has been focused on internal controls, fraud prevention, and U.S. government accounting since 2004. For fun, Frank is an actor and singer.