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Saturday, January 30, 2021 Live Webcast

Rita Crundwell: Largest Municipal Theft in U.S. History (X2-16348)

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST
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4 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

Incredible story of how a high school graduate stole $53 MILLION from a town of 16,000 people with a $10 million budget. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

DESIGNED FOR

City managers, mayors, fiscal officers, CPAs, bankers, executives, internal auditors, regulators, controllers, purchasing,, attorneys, compliance officers, risk managers

BENEFITS

What you will learn:
  • How to comply with independence requirements
  • How to maintain professional skepticism
  • How to comply with the requirement to be competent
  • How to identify conflicts of interest
  • Simple controls that would have deterred the theft
  • The damage of a malpractice lawsuit

HIGHLIGHTS

  • A fraud so outrageous, it’s a movie
  • Were the auditors independent?
  • How Crundwell evaded detection for 20 years
  • Impact on CPAs’ license 
  • How did the auditors assess risk? 
  • What audit procedures were performed, or not 
  • Fake documents Crundwell created 
  • Did the auditors detect the fraud?
  • Actual court filings for the malpractice lawsuit
  • What were the malpractice allegations?
  • How much the fraud cost the auditors
  • What happened to Crundwell’s family

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Gary Zeune

Gary Dean Zeune, CPA

The Pros & The Cons

Gary Zeune is a nationally recognized speaker on fraud and auditing. More than 20,000 professionals have attended his classes since 1975. He has taught for the FBI, U.S. Attorney, bar and CPA associations, international accounting firms, Institute of Internal Auditors, hospitals and health care companies Institute of Mass Retailers Associations, Spring Manufacturers Institute, The SEC Institute, National Association of Securities Dealers, American Society for Industrial Security, Treasury Management Association, Grant Thornton, Quanex Corporation, National City Bank, among others.

PRICING

$129.00 - Member

$139.00 - Nonmember

Pre-Registration Closed

Online pre-registration for this event is now closed.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

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