Real-world help for
companies combating fraud - from major management fraud to fraudulent financial
reporting
From the author's more
than thirty years of corporate auditing experience, Corporate Fraud features scores of
useful case studies that illustrate the principles of numerous types of fraud and how to
avoid them in your business.
A must-have for all
auditors, controllers, CFOs, and business managers, Corporate Fraud offers broad coverage
of:
- The most common and damaging
types of fraud in today's business environment
- The many facets of fraud,
including management fraud, corporate governance, and top-level forensics issues, as well
as financial statement fraud and the interconnected nature of each
- Corruption: bribery,
including contracting, subcontracting, and leasing; and outsourcing
- Misappropriation: vendor
billings, skimming, and diverted receipts
- Fraud for the organization:
money laundering, price fixing, and fraud in the international arena
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Overview.
Varieties of
Fraud/Perspective.
More Than Fraudulent
Financial Statements.
Emphasis: Recognition and
Detection-Case Studies.
Major Management Fraud Is
Different.
Chapter 2. Perspective (ACFE
Studies).
1996 and 2002 ACFE Reports
to the Nation.
Breakdown of Estimated Total
Occupational Fraud Loss by Major Category.
Classifications.
Chapter 3. Management Fraud
against the Organization (General).
Characteristics.
Major Symptoms of Management
Fraud.
Opportunities Afforded by
the System for Performance Accountability.
Chapter 4. Red Flags of
Management Fraud.
Six Major Fraud
Profiles-Common Elements.
Red Flags of Management
Fraud.
Contrast with Nonmanagement
Fraud.
Bullet-Proof and Invisible
Leads to Flaunting.
Chapter 5. Fraud against the
Organization (Corruption).
Middlemen.
Real Estate/Related Parties.
Bribery-Contracting/Subcontracting/Leasing.
Outsourcing.
Mani pulation of Performance
Bonuses/Co-opting Others.
Chapter 6. Fraud against the
Organization (Asset Misappropriation).
Various General
Accounting-Cycle Fraud Symptoms.
Vendor Billings-False
Invoices/Phantom Vendor (Shell Company).
Other Disbursement Fraud.
Inventory.
Skimming/Cash Receipt
Misappropriation Fraud.
Chapter 7. Fraud for the
Organization.
Financial Reporting.
Money Laundering/Illegal
Practices.
International Arena.
Price-Fixing/Bid Rigging.
Commercial Bribery.
Chapter 8. Methodology:
Detection/Investigation.
Differences-Management
versus Employee
Accounting-Cycle-Type Fraud
Detection/Investigation.
Recognition/Detection.
Detection/Investigation.
Investigation.
Chapter 9. CAAT Scans for
Scams.
Middlemen/Related Parties.
Top-Down Forensic
Monitoring.
Telltale Debits of
Misappropriation.
Bank Accounts/Addresses.
Chapter 10. Conclusion.
Low Frequency of
Detection/Prosecution versus Effective Prevention.
Managerial as Well as
Accounting Perspective.
History: Good Old Days.
Risk/Reward Dynamic.
Thoughts on Recent
Accounting Scandals.
Appendix A: Practice
Advisory 1210.A2-1: Identification of Fraud.
Appendix B: Practice
Advisory 1210.A2-2: Responsibility for Fraud Detection.
Appendix C: Derivation:
Management Non-Financial-Statement Fraud as a Percentage of Total Occupational Fraud Loss.
Appendix D: Percentage of
Total Occupational Fraud Loss Attributable to Management Fraud.
Appendix E: KPMG Study.
Appendix F: Classification:
Management Fraud Categories.
Glossary of Terms.
Notes.
Index.
202 pages