GISTnet Fraud Awareness and Detection

Fraud Awareness and Detection

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Corporate fraud is on the rise. Losses attributable to corporate fraud were estimated at $600 billion in 2002, up from $400 billion in 1996. Employee theft alone costs American businesses between $60 and $120 billion a year. Aside from unscrupulous employees and third parties, a major contributing factor to corporate fraud is simply a lack of awareness of it.

Dishonest employees prey on unsuspecting co-workers and supervisors, and clever third parties use so-called "social engineering" tactics to penetrate a company's defenses. Because successful fraud schemes are hard to detect, everyone from rank-and-file employees to executives needs at least a basic knowledge of how these schemes work and what the warning signs are.

Program Summary

This program is intended not only to instill in employees a sense of responsibility to comply with the law and report misconduct, but also to make employees aware of fraud so that it can be detected and nipped in the bud. The program covers the most common types of fraud used to siphon of millions of dollars from corporations every day. The topics covered include:

Fraud overview
Billing schemes and their warning signs
Skimming
Check tampering and its warning signs
Red flags of bribery and kickbacks
Expense-reimbursement schemes
Payroll fraud
Non-cash misappropriations
Cash larceny
Social engineering
Reporting fraudulent conduct

Fraud Awareness and Detection

This program is intended to help you recognize situations that raise issues of fraud and to help you deal with them appropriately and effectively. The topics covered in the program include: (1) Billing Schemes (2) Skimming (3) Check Tampering (4) Bribery and Kickbacks (5) Expense-Reimbursement Schemes (6) Payroll Fraud (7) Non-Cash Misappropriations (8) Cash Larceny (9) Social Engineering.