Fraud Lurks: When You Underutilize Your IT
This month’s Fraud Lurks centers on your ability to discover fraud early, thereby limiting your exposure. Certainly, the primary goal is to prevent fraud from occurring; we have covered that […]
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Fraud Lurks: When There is Weak “Tone at the Top”
This month represents the one year mark of my penning Fraud Lurks articles for our Fraud and Forensic Newsletter. The first, “Fraud Lurks: in your Cancelled Checks” received the most […]
Fraud Lurks: When Controls are Not Monitored
Our Fraud Lurks feature is back after a month off. This month we will review the importance of monitoring your internal controls. Management books say “What gets measured, gets done.” […]
Fraud Lurks Case Study: Time for Another Raise
Fraud Lurks is a series of case studies of frauds/defalcations which I personally investigated. This month’s case study is entitled “Time for Another Raise.” Much like last month’s, the plan […]
Fraud Lurks Case Study: Expense Reports – On Steroids!
This is the fourth in a series of case studies of frauds/defalcations which I personally investigated. This month’s case study is entitled “Expense reports on steroids.” This fraud differs from […]
Fraud Lurks Case Study: The OTHER Account
This is the third in a series of case studies of frauds/defalcations which I personally investigated. This month’s case study is entitled “The Other Account.” Similar to the first two […]
Fraud Lurks Case Study: I Love eBay!
This is the second in a series of case studies of frauds/defalcations which I personally investigated. This month’s case study is entitled “I Love eBay!” Similar to the first article, […]
Fraud Lurks Case Study: American Express Gone Wild
Despite my attempts to keep these articles readable, I admit the last two were a bit technical. I promised to lighten things up by providing case studies of frauds/defalcations, which […]
Fraud Lurks: Business Risk Assessment – For YOUR Business
This is the fifth installment of our “Fraud Lurks” series. Like any good mini-series, each article can stand on its own but is most valuable when read in context with […]
Fraud Lurks: So you need internal controls – MUST READ
This is the fourth installment of our “Fraud Lurks” series. In the initial article, I pointed out an all too common fraud technique using information found on any corporate check. […]
Fraud Lurks: In Your Employees Part 2
Last month’s Fraud Lurks article featured employee fraud/embezzlement – part one. The article referenced the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) report on the costs and effects of occupational fraud. […]
Fraud Lurks: In Your Employees
We are all rightfully concerned about external schemes to defraud companies by would-be perpetrators wreaking havoc by hacking into our IT systems. However, the fact is the vast majority of […]
