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HOWARD R. DAVIA is a certified public accountant with over 30 years of experience in government, industry, and public accounting. As an audit executive with both the U.S. General Accounting Office and the General Services Administration, and subsequently as a chief executive operating officer with the General Services Administration, he gained vast experience in the opportunities for fraud, as well as for its detection and deterrence. Mr. Davia was also president and cofounder of Executive Education Series, Inc., which provided training and consulting in fraud detection and control. As an adjunct professor of accountancy, Mr. Davia engaged in a joint venture with the College of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, for the purpose of conducting nationally the Fraud Discovery and Control Workshop. He has also lectured on the subject of fraud detection and control to Institute of Management Accountant's members, CPA state society members, and corporate management groups. He is coauthor of Accountant’s Guide to Fraud Detection and Control, Second Edition (Wiley).

World of Fraud.

Fraud Combatants.

Introduction to Proactive Fraud Auditing.

Proactive Fraud Auditing.

Elementary Fraud Types.

Fraud Defectives.

Contract Rigging Fraud.

Ethical Behavior and Standards of Conduct.

Evidence.

Symptomatic Fraud Auditing.

Fraud Auditing Alternatives.

Appendices.

Glossary.

Index.