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Nebraska Society of CPAs
635 South 14th Street
Suite 330
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Phone: (402) 476-8482 (800) 642-6178
Fax: (402) 476-8731
Email: society@nescpa.org
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Fraud: Catching the Crooks Who Cook the Books
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September 08, 2010
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| Location | German American Society, Omaha, NE |
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8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
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Fraud is a growing problem that costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars each year. The purpose of this course is to help participants understand the nature of fraud, profile who commits it and why and learn how to prevent it from occurring and detect it when it does occur.
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Fraud prevention: a three-pronged approach - Minimizing financial, work-related, & lifestyle pressures that motivate fraud; Minimizing opportunities that allow fraud to occur; and Maximizing personal integrity. Fraud-detection techniques. Fraud-symptom categories (financial statement, unusual relationships, accounting, organizational, related party, outsider relationships, internal control, personal conduct, informant, lifestyle and corporate culture). How fraud symptoms can help alert individuals when a fraud has occurred. Nature and elements of a typical fraud. Opportunities that allow fraud to occur. Rationalizations that allow perpetrators to excuse their lack of integrity. SAS 99. Social forces contributing to fraud. Specific fraud symptoms and examples of how they can tip-off the presence of fraud. The collapse of Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia, etc. The pressures that motivate fraud. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Three-step fraud process: commit, conceal, convert to personal use. Types of fraud: fraudulent financial reporting, misappropriation of assets, vendor fraud, customer fraud and investment fraud. Who commits fraud: profile of the typical fraud perpetrator and why it occurs. Many real live cases of fraud are used to illustrate its concepts and preventative applications.
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| Who Should Attend |
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| Anyone interested in learning how to prevent or detect frauds of all types. |
| Course Level | Basic |
| Prerequisites | None |
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| Discussion Leader | Robert Walter, Surgent McCoy, CPE LLC |
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Parking is available on site and lunch is provided. |
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| Fee |
$230 - Society Member
$260 - Society Nonmember |
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