This course is delivered by Steve Dawson, president of the Dawson Forensic Group where he details the absolute necessities of designing internal controls.  Steve is not only a CPA, he is also a CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) and spends his days investigating fraud.  Steve goes over several frauds that he has investigated and describes how they were committed and what might have worked best to prevent the fraud from occurring in the first place.  If you are charged with designing internal controls for your organization and you need to know the bare-bones absolutes that have to exist to have an effective set of internal controls and preventative measures against fraud, this is the course for you.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Statistics on how fraud is detected
• Statistics on what fraud victims thought would prevent fraud
• Classifications of fraud schemes
• Why people commit fraud
• The anti-fraud program framework
• The thought process of fraudsters
• Increasing the perception of detection
• Behavioral modification mindset and analysis
• Common fraud schemes today
• Control activities
• Preserving the scene of the crime

PROGRAM LEVEL: Intermediate
PREREQUISITES: No prerequisites exist.  Familiarity with business and financial fraud is helpful.
PREPARATION: No preparation is needed.