Contract and Procurement Fraud + Workshop
- May 6-8, 2024
- New York, NY
Register for both events and SAVE. You may register for the 2-day Contract and Procurement Fraud course alone, or with the 1-day Contract and Procurement Fraud Workshop. However you may not register for the Contract and Procurement Fraud Workshop alone.
The rise in contract management and the outsourcing of goods and services has created an increase in procurement fraud, which can occur at any stage of the contracting and procurement process.
Appropriate controls, fraud prevention strategies and proper tendering processes are necessary in the fight against this fraud.
Organizations can be defrauded through collusion among bidders, between employers and contractors, and by sole procurement employees. Consequently, you need to be aware of the vulnerabilities and risks associated with fraud schemes that attack the purchasing, procurement and contract functions.
In this seminar, you will acquire the knowledge, skills and techniques you need to prevent, detect, deter and investigate these devastating frauds.
Building on the foundation provided in the Contract and Procurement Fraud seminar, this workshop provides you with an opportunity to apply your knowledge in an interactive setting.
You will work through practical exercises and case studies to hone your ability to prevent, detect and respond to contract and procurement fraud.
From understanding the personality risk profiles of the typical procurement fraudster to reviewing a contract file to uncover potential fraud, this workshop provides a deep dive into best practices in combating threats in the contract and procurement functions.
Previous attendance at the Contract and Procurement Fraud seminar or similar level of knowledge.
Determine if a procurement scheme violates legal statutes or civil laws.
Recognize and navigate the nuances of conducing international investigations involving contract and procurement fraud schemes.
Determine the degree of evidence required to meet administrative civil and criminal thresholds for resolution.
Identify the red flags of bribery and corruption.
Map various procurement methods to relevant high-risk schemes and the related integrity controls used to prevent potential misconduct.
Recognize bid-rigging and market-allocation schemes.
Examine the documents found in a typical contract folder for red flags of fraud.
Reduce the risk of vendor fraud.
Develop an investigation plan to respond to suspected procurement fraud.
Develop procurement fraud risk theories based on evidence presented.
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New York, NY
In-Person
New York, NY
In-Person
CPE Credit: | 24 |
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Advanced Preparation: | None |
Delivery Method: | In Person |
Auditing: | 24 |
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Registration Fee:
Member Price: $1269
Non-Members: $1569
Early Registration Deadline: April 5, 2024
Register by the Early Registration Deadline to SAVE USD $150!
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Discuss the phases of the procurement process while you review contracting and payment systems. Also, learn the differences between government and private purchasing procedures.
If you discover a procurement scheme, how do you know if it is illegal? Has the perpetrator committed a crime? Discuss the legal statutes that are most commonly used to prosecute procurement schemes. You will also learn what civil laws may allow for litigation directly against the perpetrator and how qui tam actions may be pursued.
Unfortunately, the payment of bribes and kickbacks occurs more often than you might think. But although they are common, they are often hard to detect and prove. Discover the most common types of corruption schemes and provide insight into how to catch them.
Group Lunch
Bid-rigging occurs in many different forms. This session will focus on those schemes in which prospective bidders team up against the contracting entity to submit false bids and inflate prices.
Many schemes involve collusion between the contractor and one or more employees of the contracting entity. Explore recognition and bid tailoring schemes. These schemes can be very costly if they are not stopped early.
Breakfast
Learn about the common schemes in the sole-source contracting process, including employee purchases for personal use or resale, and purchases that fall below a threshold limit.
Once the contractor begins performing the work, a whole host of new fraud schemes open up. This session will cover schemes involving defective pricing and non-conforming goods and services.
Organizations need to take specific steps to reduce the risk of vendor fraud. This section covers vendor due diligence, managing via contracts, conflicts of interest and right to audit.
Lunch on Own
Procurement schemes can be difficult to detect and prevent, partly because these schemes can take on various forms, occur in any stage of the procurement process and tend to take place over a long period. Examine ways to detect the schemes and also tailor proactive procurement fraud detection and prevention programs to the specific risks within an organization.
One of the first responses to suspected procurement fraud is to develop an investigation plan. Learn methods of collecting information, conducting interviews and performing an analysis.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
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.
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.
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.
Group Lunch
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.
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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Payment must be received by April 5, 2024 to receive early registration discount.
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