Case in Point: Financial statement fraud. An acquisition in wonderland?
Just like Alice in her Wonderland, the acquiring company didn't anticipate the tricks of the Mad Hatter and March Hare. But eventually the purchasers discovered the nightmare of an $18-million fraud in the company they had bought.

Using the law to fight fraud: Conducting kickbank investigations
Kickback investigations can be difficult. Evidence is hard to find and witnesses are even harder to turn. This session will focus on the investigation and resolution of kickback investigations including looking for the warning signs that you'll most likely come across and evaluating the outside parties making the payments.

Protecting the public interest: Fraud in the government, Lessons learned while building an investigative procurement fraud detection program
It’s a fraud that affects both the public and private sector — procurement fraud. It’s also a fraud that is difficult to detect. In this session, you’ll learn how to build a proactive investigative procurement fraud detection program and how to avoid making some mistakes that could be costly and program counter-productive. Also discussed will be procurement fraud risk analysis, financial system data-mining, and the need for procurement fraud referrals.

Preventing Fraud: Tips for Small Business Owners
All businesses, no matter the industry or size, can be targets of fraud. However, small businesses tend to have disproportionately large losses from asset misappropriation, and are far less likely to recover from fraud.

Protect Small Business
Small businesses - Especially those that do not have regular audits - have every reason to worry about fraud.

Preventing and detecting financial statement fraud: Sarbanes-Oxley Update
When Sarbanes-Oxley was passed, it had a profound effect on CPA's everywhere. Now that it has had a chance to settle in, has it had the impact that was intended by its passage? Get an update on what has happened in the last year and what is expected to come in the future years. You'll also learn the potential opportunities available for your practice and the pitfalls for your clients.

The Sophomore Slump: Improving Internal Controls in Small Businesses Once They Succeed
The real difficulty that anti-fraud professionals face in small businesses once they succeed isn't designing or implementing financial controls but convincing owners to make the necessary investments and give up sufficient authority to allow the controls to work.

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