Contract and Procurement Fraud Workshop

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Hotel Phone: (888) 730-7307

Registration & Fees

Registration Fee:

Member Price: $425
Non-Members: $525

Course Outline

Day 1

• 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

  Registration and Continental Breakfast

• 8:00 – 9:20 a.m. International Investigation

  You’ll begin the workshop portion of this class with a case exercise focused on international investigations. You will examine the contract requirements of an international project and review details of the company that was awarded the contract. Follow the concerns that prompted an investigation and then identify elements of potential legal offenses. We will also discuss specific players in the scheme and what legal charges you think should be brought against them.

• 9:35 – 10:55 a.m. Methods Used to Acquire Goods and Services

  Each step in the procurement process is susceptible to unique fraud risks. Building off the foundation laid in the previous 2-day seminar, this session dives deeper into the various weak points within procurement and the relevant integrity controls that can be used to prevent potential misconduct within those processes. Using an interactive exercise, you will visualize the traditional procurement processes phases and elaborate on the steps, personnel, and purpose of each phase, as well as what fraud schemes are most likely to occur in each phase and how they can best be prevented.

• 11:10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Is It Administrative, Civil or Criminal?

  When investigating a case of contract and procurement fraud, a fraud examiner should be aware of the varying degrees of evidence required to meet the thresholds for administrative, civil, and criminal resolutions. Through practical exercises, this session will explore the types of legal actions available in different situations and how to meet the related evidence thresholds.

• 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Group Lunch

  Group Lunch

• 1:30 – 2:50 p.m. The Contract Folder

  The typical contract folder should contain numerous documents—each of which might contain red flags of fraud. During this session, you will review examples of contract documents and folders and look for warning signs of misconduct.

• 3:05 – 4:25 p.m. Capstone Exercise: The Lighthouse

  Bringing all of the previous discussions together, this capstone session will give you the opportunity to apply everything you've learned. You will review a contract, identify the relevant procurement fraud risk theories, assess what schemes might be occurring and identify mitigating procurement integrity controls that can be used to help mitigate fraud risk.

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