The Threat Within: Combat Employee Embezzlement (Currently Unavailable)

Author: Paul McCormack

This course helps practitioners understand the types of embezzlement that companies face and discusses measures that can help prevent losses in the first place. Includes case studies of actual embezzlements that took place at small, medium and large organizations, the red flags that were ignored and the lessons learned.

Publication Date: May 2016

Designed For
CPAs responsible for preventing, detecting and investigating fraud.

Topics Covered

• Fraud definitions
• Embezzlement types by industry and corporate function
• Profile of the typical embezzler
• Best practices in fraud detection and prevention
• Challenges facing small companies
• 10 real world examples of embezzlement
• Fraud Case Studies

Learning Objectives

• Identify how embezzlement schemes are perpetrated
• Recognize the red flags associated with embezzlement
• Recognize tactics that can help prevent and detect embezzlement
• Identify the most effective tools for the initial detection of fraud
• Differentiate results of the ACFE Report to the Nations survey and how it applies to the control and detection of fraud
• Identify recommended effective control against fraud
• Differentiate case studies of embezzlement and fraud

Level
Basic

Instructional Method
Self-Study

NASBA Field of Study
Accounting (2 hours)

Program Prerequisites
None

Advance Preparation
None