Fraud 101: Techniques and Strategies for DetectionUnique insights into the nature of fraud and how to expose it It's not enough to wait for a tip to expose corporate fraud. Fraud 101, Second Edition provides step-by-step guidance on how to perform detection procedures for every major type of fraud. Its new and detailed case studies reveal how easy it can be for a perpetrator to commit a fraud and how difficult it can be to prosecute. This new edition also offers expanded coverage of financial statement fraud, fraud-specific internal control, and Sarbanes-Oxley. |
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... internal auditors with no training or experience in this craft, through the intermediate level of fraud investigator. Beyond that point the best instruction is interactive training between experienced instructors and investigators with ...
... internal auditors with no training or experience in this craft, through the intermediate level of fraud investigator. Beyond that point the best instruction is interactive training between experienced instructors and investigators with ...
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... Audit versus Fraud Investigation Fraud Guidance Audit Deficiencies and Audit Failures The New World Recommended Reading Notes Sarbanes-Oxley and Its Influence on Fraud Prevention Audit Committee Code of Ethics Internal Controls Internal ...
... Audit versus Fraud Investigation Fraud Guidance Audit Deficiencies and Audit Failures The New World Recommended Reading Notes Sarbanes-Oxley and Its Influence on Fraud Prevention Audit Committee Code of Ethics Internal Controls Internal ...
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... Audit procedures for conducting proactive fraud-specific investigations are very different from those used to practice ... internal auditors and investigators up through the intermediate level. More advanced training is best suited xvi ...
... Audit procedures for conducting proactive fraud-specific investigations are very different from those used to practice ... internal auditors and investigators up through the intermediate level. More advanced training is best suited xvi ...
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... auditor and upon whose personal experience much of this text is based. In addition, this updated version has been written ... internal audits accounting for 24 percent. Together they account for over ... auditors who need to INTRODUCTION xvii.
... auditor and upon whose personal experience much of this text is based. In addition, this updated version has been written ... internal audits accounting for 24 percent. Together they account for over ... auditors who need to INTRODUCTION xvii.
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... audits no longer seem to be the deterrent they once were. In its 2002 Report ... audit, and it was “disappointing to find no trend indicating reduced losses ... internal audit accounts for approximately 24 percent (up from approximately ...
... audits no longer seem to be the deterrent they once were. In its 2002 Report ... audit, and it was “disappointing to find no trend indicating reduced losses ... internal audit accounts for approximately 24 percent (up from approximately ...
Contents
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Chapter 4 PROACTIVE FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS AN INTRODUCTION | 33 |
Chapter 5 PROACTIVE FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION | 55 |
Chapter 6 ELEMENTARY FRAUD TYPES | 71 |
Chapter 7 FRAUD DEFECTIVES | 89 |
Chapter 8 CONTRACT RIGGING FRAUD | 113 |
Chapter 11 SYMPTOMATIC FRAUD INVESTIGATION | 163 |
Chapter 12 FRAUD INVESTIGATION ALTERNATIVES | 177 |
Appendix A ANATOMY OF A CORPORATE FRAUD | 187 |
Appendix B SYMPTOMATIC FRAUD INVESTIGATION CASE STUDY | 197 |
Appendix C FRAUDSPECIFIC CONTRACT REVIEW CASE STUDY | 209 |
Appendix D WORLD TOP CORPORATION CASE STUDY | 215 |
GLOSSARY | 223 |
INDEX | 229 |
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Fraud 101: Techniques and Strategies for Detection Howard Silverstone,Howard R. Davia No preview available - 2005 |
Fraud 101: Techniques and Strategies for Detection Howard Silverstone,Howard R. Davia No preview available - 2005 |
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Page xviii - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page xviii - Watson," said he, as we reentered our room. "Once that warrant was made out, nothing on earth would save him. Once or twice in my career I feel that I have done more real harm by my discovery of the criminal than ever he had done by his crime. I have learned caution now, and I had rather play tricks with the law of England than with my own conscience. Let us know a little more before we act.
Page 140 - Item 406, the term code of ethics means written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote: (1) Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; (2) Full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that...
Page 2 - And this has happened — how?" "From a caprice of nature, not from the ignorance of man. Not a mistake has been made in the working. But we cannot prevent equilibrium from producing its effects. We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
Page 16 - He is a watch-dog, but not a bloodhound. He is justified in believing tried servants of the company in whom confidence is placed by the company. He is entitled to assume that they are honest, and to rely upon their representations, provided he takes reasonable care. If there is anything calculated to excite suspicion he should probe it to the bottom; but in the absence of anything of that kind he is only bound to be reasonably cautious and careful.
Page 16 - An auditor is not bound to be a detective, or, as was said, to approach his work with suspicion or with a foregone conclusion that there is something wrong. He is a watch-dog, but not a bloodhound. He is justified in believing tried servants of the company in whom confidence is placed by the company. He is entitled to assume that they are honest, and to rely upon their representations, provided he takes reasonable care.
Page 84 - We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
Page 12 - Professional judgment requires auditors to exercise professional skepticism, which is an attitude that includes a questioning mind and a critical assessment of evidence. Auditors...
Page 20 - Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit" Statement of Auditing Standard No.