YOUR MUST-READ GUIDE TO TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES FOR FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION

Written by an accountant with over 30 years of proactive fraud-specific auditing experience, this one-of-a-kind, how-to guide provides rare expertise and hard-to-find information on this increasingly staggering and costly problem.

As businesses lose over $100 billion a year to fraud with only 20 percent being discovered, the need to be more proactive in detecting fraud is increasingly obvious. Here is the only book available that describes the different types of fraud and then provides proven methods of detection.

• Breaks fraud into three categories, revealing that the fraud that is usually detected comprises a relatively small percentage of the fraud universe
• Provides new insights into the nature of fraud and the mind-set needed to combat it
• Provides proven solutions to how to expose different types of fraud
• Includes numerous case studies, most based on the author’ s actual experience, that reveal the real world of fraud, how easy it can be to perpetrate, and how difficult to prosecute

Gain the expertise– and the attitude– necessary to step up fraud prevention in both public and private entities, with this comprehensive, clear-headed, and invaluable resource.

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Recent audits reveal staggering monetary losses to fraud annually — the majority of which goes undetected and unrecovered. This how-to guide offers comprehensive, intermediate training for evaluating, devising, and installing fraud-specific internal controls, conducting proactive examinations, running an investigation, and successfully bringing acts of fraud to prosecution. Includes actual case studies and fresh insights into the nature of fraud and the mentality necessary to combat it.

This volume provides step-by-step guidance and real-world case studies on how to perform a proactive fraud audit. The major types of fraud are discussed, providing an audit detection procedure for each. Insights are provided into the nature of fraud and the mentality needed to combat it.