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Fraud Casebook: Lessons from the Bad Side of Business
Edited By Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA
This book’s author is a CFE
Fraud Casebook Lessons from the Bad Side of Business
Description
Fraud Casebook: Lessons from the Bad Side of Business is the most comprehensive book ever compiled on fraud case studies, presenting the collected insights of some of the most experienced fraud examiners in the world. This book not only provides an insider look at fraud, it serves to educate readers to hopefully avert some of the mistakes made in the past. It illuminates the combination of timing, teamwork and vision necessary to understand fraud and prevent it from happening in the first place.
Highlights include:
- 62 cases handpicked and edited by Dr. Joseph T. Wells CFE, CPA, founder and Chairman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- Cases explore the three main categories of fraud: asset misappropriation, corruption and fraudulent financial statements
- Each case provides an informative and entertaining look into the complex social factors behind fraudulent behavior
Product Details
This book's author is a CFE.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 978-0-470-13468-9 |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Publishing |
| Published | Copyright 2007 |
| Pages | 610 |
| Format | Hardcover |
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
|---|---|
| Part 1 | Asset Misappropriation |
| Chapter 1 | High Art, Low Value: How a Connoisseur Became a Convict, by Ellen A. Fischer |
| Chapter 2 | The Ambitious Payroll Manager, by John Tonsick |
| Chapter 3 | The Insider, by Craig R. Sinnamon |
| Chapter 4 | Aloha, Hawaii!, by Dominic A. D’Orazio |
| Chapter 5 | What About Pete?, by Michael Goldman |
| Chapter 6 | Check, Please, by Peter Parillo |
| Chapter 7 | The MoJo Skim Twins, by John F. Kronick |
| Chapter 8 | The Mole, by Manuel Pereira |
| Chapter 9 | Her Passion for Fashion, by Bethmara Kessler |
| Chapter 10 | An Unaffordable Complex, by Jeffrey D. Barsky |
| Chapter 11 | A Taxing Problem, by Andrew H. Kautz |
| Chapter 12 | Phantom Links In The Supply Chain, by Christopher J. Kelly |
| Chapter 13 | The Trusting Business Owner, by David H. Glusman |
| Chapter 14 | The $13 Million Man , by John Francolla |
| Chapter 15 | They Didn't Know Jack, by Janet M. McHard |
| Chapter 16 | The Skim Sisters, by Adam K. Bowen |
| Chapter 17 | No Such Thing as a Free Lunch, by Suzanne Coggins |
| Chapter 18 | The Dirty Custodian, by Paul J. Harvey |
| Chapter 19 | The Video Game, by Carlos L. Holt |
| Chapter 20 | Bet Your Life on It, by Howard B. Grobstein and Joshua R. Teeple |
| Chapter 21 | When Petty Cash Isn’t Petty, by Karen Frey |
| Chapter 22 | Where Did My Money Go?, by Robert Barr |
| Chapter 23 | Three Strikes and You’re Out!, by Mary Best |
| Chapter 24 | Country Club Fraud — What a Steal!, by John Boekweg |
| Chapter 25 | Where in the World Is Dina Sanchez?, by Briana J. Paciorek |
| Chapter 26 | School of Fraud, by Nessan Ronan |
| Chapter 27 | Price Check on Register One, by Dwight Taylor |
| Chapter 28 | The Sky Is the Limit, by Brian E. Browning |
| Chapter 29 | Supplemental Income, by James E. Whitaker |
| Chapter 30 | An Innocent Perpetrator, by Howard C. Sparks |
| Chapter 31 | Dr. Amy, by Stephen A. Pedneault |
| Chapter 32 | Patriotic Game, by James Lee |
| Chapter 33 | Would You Like the Special Poutine, If You Know What I Mean?, by Richard Elliott |
| Chapter 34 | Three-Ring Circus: An Exposé of a Corporate Commission Embezzlement, by David A. Schneider |
| Chapter 35 | One Bad Turn Deserves Another, by Forrest Bowman Jr. and Charles F. G. Kuyk III |
| Chapter 36 | Dialing for Dollars, by Ian Henderson |
| Chapter 37 | Wake-Up Call, by Michael Speight |
| Chapter 38 | The Dental Queen, by Kenneth J. Wilson |
| Chapter 39 | Shirley A. Little Wouldn’t Hurt!, by A. T. “Chief” Schwyzer |
| Chapter 40 | Just When You Thought It Was Safe, by Frank D. Moran Jr. |
| Chapter 41 | How Many Ways Can I Defraud You?, by David Clements |
| Part 2 | Corruption Schemes |
| Chapter 42 | A Contract of Convenience, by Robert B. Walsh Jr. |
| Chapter 43 | Corruption by Seduction, by Douglas M. Watson |
| Chapter 44 | “Big Easy” Business, by Patrick W. Malik and Jeffrey R. Sebree |
| Chapter 45 | Unlucky 13, by Graham J. Thomson |
| Chapter 46 | It ’s 11 p.m. Do You Know What Your IT Director Is Up To?, by John Kula |
| Chapter 47 | These Weights Didn’t Measure Up!, by Joseph R. Dervaes |
| Chapter 48 | Swimming with the Sharks, by Pedro Fabiano |
| Chapter 49 | A New York State of Fraud, by Martin T. Biegelman |
| Chapter 50 | Information Superhighway, by Barry Davidow |
| Part 3 | Financial Statement Fraud Schemes |
| Chapter 51 | Banking on Fraud, by Jason Lee |
| Chapter 52 | Just a Matter of Time, by Margaret Smith |
| Chapter 53 | Bury Me Not in Guyandotte, by John W. Burdiss |
| Chapter 54 | The Woolly Mammoth Eats Its Prey, by Paul Pocalyko and Charles N. Persing |
| Chapter 55 | Double Damage, by Matthias K. Kopetzky |
| Chapter 56 | How to Steal a Million Dollars Without Taking the Cash, by Richard A. Riley |
| Part 4 | Other Fraud Schemes |
| Chapter 57 | This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land, by Andrew Pappas |
| Chapter 58 | Paradise Lost, by Pierre E. Lautischer |
| Chapter 59 | Bodies for Rent, by Rebecca S. Busch |
| Chapter 60 | The Million-Dollar Breach of Trust, by Holly Frook Graham |
| Chapter 61 | Troubled Water, by Dimiter Petrov Dinev |
| Chapter 62 | Con Artists Gone Wild, by Heinz Ickert |
| Index |
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