…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.

Billing Schemes, Part 1: Shell Companies That Don't Deliver
A focus on billing schemes that involve shell companies.

Billing Schemes, Part 2: Pass-Throughs
This article's case study shows auditors and CPAs how to recognize the pass-through billing schemes crooked purchasing agents and others sometimes use to illegally line their pockets.

Cashing Out: Solving Frauds in the Cash Economy
Like street criminals, white-collar fraudsters often believe that if they deal primarily in cash, their crimes are undetectable.

Corruption: Causes and Cures
Auditors can help detect and deter bribery and kickbacks.

Follow the MAPP: Develop an Aggressive Way to Fight Money Laundering
These four steps can help you MAPP out a plan to fight money laundering within your organization.

Hanging Global Money Launderers Out to Dry, Part One
Global money laundering has ballooned - some estimates range as high as $500 billion a year worldwide. But overt and covert methods can trace the funds, find the evidence, and make the fraudsters pay.

Hanging Global Money Launderers Out to Dry, Part Two
In Part One, we described the typical sources of illicit funds formoney laundering, money laundering methods, and how to detect illicit financial transactions. Here we describe how to use the information to make the case.

Timing is of the Essence
When companies get desperate to show earnings or reduce losses, sometimes they resort to fraudulent timing differences to show phony profits.

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