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More About This Title Fraud 101, Third Edition: Techniques and Strategies for Understanding Fraud
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A straightforward guide explaining the nature of financial fraud
Fraud continues to be one of the fastest growing and most costly crimes in the United States and around the world. The more an organization can learn about fraud in general and the potential fraud risks that threaten the financial stability of the organization's cash flow, the better that organization will be equipped to design and implement measures to prevent schemes from occurring in the first place.
Fraud 101, Third Edition serves as an enlightening tool for you, whether you are a business owner or manager, an accountant, auditor or college student who needs to learn about the nature of fraud. In this invaluable guide, you will discover and better understand the inner workings of numerous financial schemes and internal controls to increase your awareness and possibly prevent fraud from destroying your organization's financial stability.
It offers guidance, understanding, and new, real-world case studies on the major types of fraud, including
- An understanding of why fraud is committed
- An overview of financial fraud schemes
- White-collar crime
- Uncovering employee embezzlements
- Establishing internal fraud controls
- The nature of collecting evidence
With case studies included throughout the book to gain insight to the real world of fraud, Fraud 101, Third Edition describes the features of fraud and then provides proven methods of prevention, as well as solutions to expose different types of fraud.
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Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
CHAPTER 1The World of Fraud.
Definition of Fraud.
The Many Types of Fraud.
CHAPTER 2Why Is Fraud Committed?
A Rationalizing Society.
Financial Statement Fraud.
Financial Fraud Comes in Different Shapes and Sizes.
Motivators Differ by Type of Business.
Employee Schemes.
In the End.
CHAPTER 3Financial Statement Fraud Schemes.
Where Do Things Go Wrong?
Trend Analysis.
Beyond Traditional Audits.
CHAPTER 4Employee Embezzlements.
The Fraud Triangle.
Areas for Concern.
CHAPTER 5Other Fraud Schemes.
Duplicate Payment Fraud.
Multiple Payee Fraud.
Shell Fraud.
Defective Delivery Fraud.
Defective Receipt Fraud.
Defective Shipment Fraud.
Defective Pricing Fraud.
CHAPTER 6Contract Rigging Schemes.
Stage One: Obtaining the Contract.
Stage Two: Contract Change Orders.
Unbalanced Bidding.
Detection Recommendations.
Rotation Fraud.
Where Do We Go from Here?
CHAPTER 7Responses to Fraud.
Government’s Response to Fraud.
Accounting Profession’s Response to Fraud.
Internal Audit Profession’s Response to Fraud.
New Credentials, More Training, Better Awareness.
Articles, Books, and More Resources.
CHAPTER 8 The Importance of Internal Controls and Internal Audit.
Why Have Internal Controls?
Déjá Vu.
Good Internal Controls.
Internal Audit.
CHAPTER 9 Evidence.
What Is Evidence?
Documentation.
CHAPTER 10Conducting Fraud Investigations: A Practical Approach.
Proactive Fraud Investigations.
Discovery Investigations.
Supportive Investigations.
Strategy.
Predication.
The Investigative Plan.
Conducting the Procedures.
Findings.
Use of the Findings.
CHAPTER 11Fraud Investigation Alternatives.
Assessing the Feasibility of a Full Investigation.
Monitoring Operational Areas at Risk of Fraud.
Revamping Internal Controls: Closing the Barn Door.
Doing Nothing?
APPENDIX A Vending Lessons Learned.
APPENDIX B Living a Facade Prevention Techniques.
APPENDIX C Disappearing Inventory.
Internal Controls.
Index.
