All Wired Up: Electronic Funds Transfers are Prime Fraud Targets
EFT systems are a prime target for fraud perpetrators wanting an immediate, enormous source of money.

Anatomy of a bank fraud: When dates don't match
Discrepancies between the dates on three bank loans and the resulting mortgages turned a routine audit into a laborious search for possible fraud. The result may have staved off collusion between a loan officer and the mortgagee.

…And Nothing But the Truth: Uncovering Fraudulent Disclosures
Since fraudulent disclosures fall into a number of recognizable patterns, knowing how these schemes work can greatly help the financial statement auditor detect them.

The Barings Bank Case: Image in the Mirror
The numerous investigations into the current sensational corporate failures will expose many of the same operations control weaknesses that led to the collapse of the Barings Bank of London.

Effective solutions for combating employee theft: Combating internal fraud in the banking industry: Page 1
Fraud continues to prosper in the banking industry with a variety of fraud schemes. This session will be a practical discussion of fraud schemes that are perpetrated by banking insiders. You'll also learn some of the solutions that your organization can implement to prevent the fraud from occurring.

Effective solutions for combating employee theft: Combating internal fraud in the banking industry: Page 2
Fraud continues to prosper in the banking industry with a variety of fraud schemes. This session will be a practical discussion of fraud schemes that are perpetrated by banking insiders. You'll also learn some of the solutions that your organization can implement to prevent the fraud from occurring.

Commercial Mortgage Fraud: Cash Out, Fraud In - PART ONE
There is no shortage of desperate or fraudulent property owners in todays market for commercial mortgage loans. Cash-out refinancing is one favorite way to bail out of a troubled property. This primer offers advice to fraud examiners, lenders, and appraisers on how to spot and prevent these and other frauds.

Commercial Mortgage Fraud: When Fraudsters Bet the House and Win, Part Two
It’s a volatile combination: high volume of cash-out refinancing loans, declining performance of commercial properties, and relentless production pressures on internal loan officers. The resulting concoction often is fraud.

Crossed Wires: Keys to Reducing Wire Transfer Fraud
With today’s growing emphasis on a cashless society, wire transfers increased by 200 percent just in 1998.

Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice
Two collection agencies - which bought delinquent credit card and other bank debt - raised millions based upon misrepresented collection histories and the misapplication of GAAP.

Lapping It Up
Lapping is the fraudster's version of robbing-Peter-to-pay-Paul skimming.

Modern-day Horseplay: Trojan Horse Fraud
Don't let Trojan horse fraud buck your company's financial future.

Money Laundering: Ring Around the White Collar
In money laundering the fraudster disguises the existence, nature, source, ownership, location and disposition of property derived from criminal activity.

Who’s in Control Here? Anatomy of a Bank Infrastructure’s Failure
A bank can have the most airtight internal control structure imaginable, but if senior management sends out signals that some people in the organization are above these rules, major frauds can result.

The World’s Dumbest Fraudsters
I've searched high and low to bring you examples of the dumbest of the dumbsters. And I admit it up front: The only lesson to be learned is just how stupid some people can be.

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