Fraud and Corruption Schemes notes

Fraud and Corruption Schems notes

CONTENTS:

Table of Contents

  1. Fraud/Corruption Schemes

  •  Definition of fraud
  • Definition of corruption
  • Occupational fraud
  • Organisation fraud/crime
  • The fraud tree
  • The red flags/indicators of fraud
  • Current trends of fraud schemes
  • Emerging fraud /corruption schemes

2.            Financial Statement Fraud

  • Definition of Financial Statement Fraud
  • Why Financial Statement fraud is committed
  • The cost of financial statement fraud
  • Types of financial statement fraud schemes
  • Trends in Financial Statement fraud
  • Red flags associated with financial statement fraud
  • Techniques of Detecting financial statement fraud
  • Financial statement analysis
  • Controls related to financial statement fraud

3.            Asset Misappropriation

  • Definition of asset misappropriation
  • Types of asset misappropriation frauds
  • Cash receipts: Skimming, cash larceny and theft of cash on hand
  • Fraudulent disbursements: Register disbursement schemes, check tampering schemes, electronic payment tampering schemes, billing schemes, payroll and expense reimbursement schemes
  • Inventory and other assets: Misuse of inventory and theft
  • Misappropriation of intangible assets
  • Prevention of asset misappropriation schemes

4.            Bribery and Corruption

  • Definition of bribery and corruption
  • Corruption schemes
  • Techniques of detecting bribery /corruption schemes
  • Methods of making corrupt payments
  • Prevention and detection of corruption

5.            Theft of Data and Intellectual Property

  • Definition of theft of data and intellectual property
  • Types of data and intellectual property
  • Ways information is lost or stolen
  • Electronic counter-surveillance
  • Insider threats to propriety information
  • Methods of investigating corporate espionage
  • Programs for safeguarding proprietary information
  • Measures and procedures of minimizing theft of data and intellectual property

6.            Identity Theft

  • Definition of identity theft
  • Perpetrators of identity theft
  • Characteristics of victims of theft
  • Methods of committing identity theft
  • Types of identity theft schemes
  • Ways of stealing information
  • Responding to identity theft
  • Methods of preventing identity theft

7.            Contract and Procurement Fraud

  • Definition of contract and procurement fraud
  • Methods of procurement
  • Stages/phases in procurement process
  • Categories of procurement fraud schemes
  • Preventing and detection of contract and procurement fraud

8.            Computer and Internet Fraud/Cyber Crime

  • Definition of computer and internet fraud
  • Definition of Cyber Crime
  • Types of computer and internet/Cyber fraud:
    • Electronic Commerce and information Security
  • Prevention, detection of computer and internet/Cyber Crime
  • Computer/Cyber Security

9.            Financial Institution Fraud

  • Definition of financial Institution fraud
  • Types of financial institution frauds
  • Prevention and detection of financial institution frauds:
    • Financial Action Task Force and money laundering and Terrorist
  • Basel committee on banking supervision recommendations

10.          Payment System Fraud Schemes

  • Definition of payment system fraud
  • Types of payment system and the fraud schemes
  • Prevention and detection of payment system fraud schemes

11.          Insurance and Health Fraud

  • Definition of insurance fraud
  • Insurance fraud schemes
  • Prevention and detection of insurance fraud
  • Definition of Health care fraud
  • Health care fraud schemes
  • Prevention and detection of health care fraud

12.          Consumer Fraud

  • Investment fraud schemes
  • Telemarketing fraud schemes
  • Confidence games fraud schemes

13.          Case Study – Occupational and Organisational Crimes

  • Identify the asset misappropriation and corruption schemes
  • Identify the health care fraud schemes
  • Identify the red flags
  • Identify the preventive and detective control gaps that were present when the fraud occurred

 

 

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