Together, Reducing Fraud Worldwide

  • On-Site Training Proposed Schedule 

     

    Auditing for Internal Fraud 

      

     

    DAY ONE 

    DAY TWO 

    7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. 

    Registration - Breakfast Pastries 

    Breakfast Pastries 

    8:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. 

    Introduction to Fraud Examination  

    In this opening session you will learn how fraud examination differs from auditing, how to apply the fraud examination methodology, and how to avoid liability by understanding the legal issues involved in conducting a fraud examination.

    Skimming, Cash Larceny, and Other Assets  

    This session is spent discussing skimming from the cash accounts and receivables, larceny, misuse of fixed assets, and inventory schemes. You will also learn to compute skimmed revenues by indirect methods.

    9:20 a.m. - 9:35 a.m. 

    Break 

    Break 

    9:35 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. 

    Auditors' Fraud Responsibilities  

    This session will cover the legal and accounting rules that now define the responsibilities of both external and internal auditors with regard to fraud detection and prevention.

    Fictitious Disbursements  

    In this session, you will learn fictitious disbursement schemes: intermediate payee schemes, including intercepted checks, kickbacks, employee-owned businesses, and friend/relative schemes; self-payee and fictitious payee schemes, including illicit checks, bogus claims, register schemes, fictitious person and shell company schemes, false refunds and voids, and expense account schemes.

    10:55 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. 

    Break 

    Break 

    11:10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 

    Fraudulent Financial Statement Schemes  

    Many an investor has relied on the financial statements of a public company, only to find that the books were cooked. This session covers early revenue recognition, liability omissions, fictitious sales and receivables, and other schemes.

    Videotape Screening: Finding the Truth: Effective Techniques for Interview and Communication  

    There is more to auditing for fraud than reviewing source documents and schedules. Effective communication techniques are areas where the fraud examiner may need special training. That's what you'll learn in this session, and more.

    12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

    Group Lunch 

    Lunch on Your Own 

    1:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. 

    Fraudulent Financial Statement Schemes 
    (Cont.)

    Data Analysis 
    Balance sheet and income statement analysis can often lead to evidence of defalcation and other irregularities. This session includes a discussion of vertical, horizontal, and ratio analysis, as well as other techniques that are specifically designed to detect fraud.

    2:50 p.m. - 3:05 p.m. 

    Break 

    Break 

    3:05 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. 

    Bribery and Corruption  

    In this period, you will learn collusion, bribery, illegal gratuities, conflicts of interest, breach of fiduciary duty, economic extortion, methods of making and concealing illegal payments, and detecting corruption schemes.

    Prevention of Management and Occupational Fraud  

    This session introduces you to the concept of the perception of detection and will provide you with practical solutions to help your organization or your client reduce the losses due to fraud.