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Monday, December 2, 2024 Live Webcast

Winning the Fraud Battle in the Digital Age: Prevention and Detection (E2412193)

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Registration: 8:30 AM EST

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8 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

The focus of this course is reducing the overall risk of fraud. To that end, instruction will cover the factors that play a role in turning honest employees into fraudsters. Discussion will touch on integrity and ethics, as well as how the reactions of people in certain situations may impact the prevalence of fraud.

This course features a live instructor and has been specifically designed for the NJCPA.

DESIGNED FOR

CPAs in public practice and industry who wish to educate clients or colleagues on how to better prevent fraud from occurring at the source - would-be fraudsters.

BENEFITS

  • Recognize the prevalence of fraud
  • Understand the ways an organization may unintentionally cause fraud
  • Identify the costs of fraud
  • Comprehend how the new COSO framework for internal control focuses on fraud
  • Grasp the importance of an internal control environment
  • Recognize potential signs of fraudulent behavior
  • Understand how people may respond differently to certain factors
  • See that there are many layers involved in fraud defense
  • Anticipate a new environment ripe for fraudulent claims and reports

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The price of fraud – ACFE’s Report to the Nations and ancillary costs
  • The current economy - microeconomics; analyses
  • COSO’s internal control framework – Principle #1 – integrity/ethics; Principle #8 – fraud risk assessment
  • Power of morale Shrink the fraud triangle and employee motivation
  • Deviant workplace behavior
  • Historic schemes
  • Why good folks go bad - interesting findings and red flags
  • Combating fraud with controls
  • Controls used by fraud victim organizations and suggestions for better implementation
  • Fraud’s new frontier
  • Corporate social, environmental, governance, and equity/inclusion reports and audits

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Robert Bedwell

Robert P. Bedwell, CPA

Bob is an accounting and finance professional with over 39 years of audit and accounting experience. Bob’s experience includes a full range of corporate accounting and assurance services, including financial statement preparation, auditing, SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, due diligence, financing regulatory compliance, accounting system oversight, internal controls, IFRS conversions, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance advisory, and the independent review of external data. He is currently director of administrative services at Progressive Care Inc. in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Bob has been a discussion leader on numerous topics for Surgent Professional Education, the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as well as for the firms for which he has worked, and has received high evaluations for his knowledge of topics and presentation skills. Subject areas for which Bob has served as a discussion leader (and, in some cases, author) include: professional ethics; fraud risk; and a variety of accounting and auditing overviews and standards updates. Bob received his Bachelor of Science in accounting and finance from Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey, and has also earned a master’s degree in accounting from Florida Atlantic University. Licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Florida, Bob is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has previously served as chairman of the FICPA Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee.

PRICING

$299.00 - Member

$449.00 - Nonmember

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