Real-World Fraud Found in Governments and Not-for-Profits

Description

What do you think of when you hear the word "fraud?" Are you concerned for your clients or your organization? Through a comprehensive learning approach using informative case studies, you will learn about real-world government and not-for profit
fraud and your responsibilities when dealing with fraud. This course will cover a range of fraud types including management override, cyber fraud, procurement and contracting fraud, external financial reporting, and personnel fraud. Recognizing fraudulent activity is not always straightforward, but this course will equip you with the knowledge required to identify potential fraud indicators.

Highlights

Topics Discussed
• Misappropriation of assets and benefits
• Cyber fraud
• Personnel fraud
• Grant expense allocations
• Management override
• Pledges and contributions
• Procurement cards
• External financial reporting
• Overtime fraud

Objectives

Learning Objectives
When you complete this course, you will be able to:
• Recognize how expense allocation policies can be circumvented and lead to possible fraud.
• Identify how various board incentives and mandates may be possible indicators of fraud.
• Identify how personnel policies and procedures can be circumvented and lead to possible fraud or abuse.
• Recognize how expense allocation policies can be circumvented and lead to possible fraud.
• Identify how various board incentives and mandates may be possible indicators of fraud.
• Identify how personnel policies and procedures can be circumvented and lead to possible fraud or abuse.

Designed For

Auditors and accounting and financial professionals of governmental and not-for-profit entities.