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2012 Anti-Fraud Webinar Schedule
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DATA ANALYSIS SERIES
FRAUD GENERAL SERIES
AuditNet and FraudAware have released the 2012 schedule of their widely acclaimed anti-fraud Webinars. There are two series together offering 5
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Three of the packages cover key topics related to using data analysis to fight fraud ... and 2 cover general operational fraud topics. In addition, there is a bonus Webinar offered in each series.
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DETECTING, PREVENTING, INVESTIGATING & AUDITING FOR FRAUD
USING DATA ANALYSIS
2012 Series
Package and Individual Pricing
Time: 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM (Eastern, GMT -0500)
Times may be subject to
change
CPE: 2 Credits are available for attending the seminar which are awarded
based on a 50-minute hour.
Program Level / Prerequisites and
Advance Preparation: Basic / None
Basic Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended Category: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Cost: $99 per webinar. Individual and Package pricing available here!
DATA ANALYTICS GROUP 1
Keep Ghosts off Your Payroll - Detecting and Preventing Payroll Fraud Using Data Analysis (DA-1) Mar 21
What you will learn:
- Costliest forms of internal and external payroll fraud
- Who commits payroll fraud
- Gathering accurate data for effective payroll fraud data analysis
- Powerful and user-friendly audit automation tests and techniques for detecting red flags of payroll frauds
- Using data analytics results to improve payroll fraud preventative controls
Recognizing and Preventing Fixed Asset and Inventory Fraud using Data Analysis (DA-1) April 11
What you will learn:
- Phantom inventory: How to know what’s really in your warehouses and what’s not
- How managers conceal inventory and capital asset theft by reporting fraudulently inflated values
- Case studies of inventory/fixed asset theft and concealment
- Easy but effective data analytics tests that reveal red flags of inventory theft and asset value misstatement
- What to do once your data analytics work has uncovered signs of inventory fraud
How to Catch Expense Reimbursement (T & E) Cheaters Using Data Analysis (DA-1) July 12
What you will learn:
- How to detect common T&E schemes such as getting reimbursement TWICE for the same expenses ... using bogus receipts to get reimbursed for expenses never incurred... abusing corporate credit and P-cards for personal expenses ... and more
- Best practices for T&E fraud deterrence and prevention
- Audit techniques for detecting T&E frauds quickly
- How to formulate a T&E anti-fraud policy
Best Practices in Detecting Accounts Payable Fraud Using Data Analysis (DA-1) September 11
What you will learn:
- How to generate recoveries through identification of fraudulent invoices
- Ways to analyze transactions to pinpoint override of invoice and PO approval
- How to detect most common symptoms of phony vendor frauds
- Detecting employee manipulation of vendor master file
- Benford's Law and how to use it to analyze suspicious patterns in payables databases
How to Use the Powers of Data Analysis to Detect Revenue and Receivables Fraud (DA-1) Nov 13
What you will learn:
- How to detect and prevent lapping schemes
- The anatomy of revenue recognition schemes such as channel stuffing, fake sales, round-tripping and more
- How to obtain the best accounts receivable and revenue data to perform optimal data mining-based audits
- Step-by-step data mining techniques for monitoring accounts receivable and revenue recording activity
- How data mining helps to pinpoint control weaknesses and best ways to eliminate them
DATA ANALYTICS GROUP 2
Secrets of Uncovering Financial Statement Fraud Using Data Analysis (DA-2) Feb 2
What you will learn...
- Recording of fictitious sales
- Capitalizing of expenses
- Misstatement of asset values
- Improper/fraudulent disclosures
- Illegal revenue transactions
- Illegal side agreements
- Secrets of successful investigation and prevention of financial statement frauds.
Beat Vendor and Procurement Fraudsters using Data Analysis (DA-2) Mar 29
What you will learn:
- Why to audit a vendor and when
- All about right-to-audit contract clauses
- What to look for in the audit
- How to conduct the audit
- What to do if you find fraud when doing an audit
Rooting Out Healthcare Vendor Fraud Using Data Analysis (DA-2) May 2
What you will learn:
- Who are the dishonest vendors—It’s not always clear!
- Most common phony healthcare vendor frauds now
- Case studies: Surprising ways that vendors rip off hospitals, clinics and other providers
- How insiders collude with vendors to embezzle funds, divert inventory and steal confidential data
- Red flags of healthcare billing schemes, sham vendor frauds, drug diversion schemes and other hugely costly scams
- Proven data analytics procedures for detecting indicators of healthcare fraud
Secrets of Using Data Analysis to Uncover Fraud in Key Financial Accounts using Data Analysis (DA-1) Nov 27
What you will learn:
- “Digging down” into operational data to look for red flags of fraud (Procurement/AR/Disbursements/ Operations/Inventry, etc
- Which business processes and procedures lend themselves best to data analysis for fraud
- How to prepare for a process-level data analysis procedure
- How to gather the data you need to do a fraud analysis
- How to avoid false positives and false negatives
How to Empower Your Audit Department with Data Analytics — Efficiently and Cost Effectively (DA2) Dec 5 \
What you will learn:
- How to break the fear of audit technology
- How to train audit personnel to use IDEA, ACL or other tools to detect fraud and abuse
- Half the battle: Knowing what to test with analytic software
- Getting your IT team on board to support use of technology in auditing for fraud
- Best training approaches for mastering data analytics tools and techniques
DATA ANALYTICS GROUP 3
What Auditors need to Know Today about Forensic Audit Investigation Using Data Analysis (DA-1) Feb 8
What you will learn:
- Definition of forensic audit investigation: What it is and what it isn’t
- Why computer data is so critical to a forensic audit investigation
- How to plan your investigation
- Recruiting counsel, HR and/ or others to support the investigation
- Analyzing the data and preserving the evidence
- When to contact law enforcement
Best Practices in Preventing and Detecting P-Card Fraud using Data Analysis (DA-3) June 13
What you will learn:
- Common and not-so-common P-card frauds
- Mistakes organizations make in P-card programs that promote fraud
- Formulating an effective P-card fraud policy
- Red flags of potential P-card fraud
- Using data analytics to detect indicators of P-card fraud
- Finding the hard evidence of P-card fraud
- Who in your organization should “own” P-card administration
A User-Friendly Guide to Applying Benford's Law to Detecting Fraud in Accounting Data (DA-3) Aug 8
What you will learn:
- Clear explanation of Benford’s Law
- How Benford’s Law can help detect the red flags of fraud
- Best data to use in Benford’s Law tests
- Step-by-step demonstration of applying Benford’s Law to fraud audits
- Software programs for facilitating use of Benford’s Law
Using Data Analytics to Detect and Deter Procure-to-Pay Fraud (DA-3) Oct 17
What you will learn:
- Common and not-so-common frauds in procurement, receiving and payment
- Who commits P2P fraud
- Red flags of fraud in procurement, receiving and payment
- Detecting the red flags using data analytics tools
- How to minimize risk of becoming a victim of P2P fraud
Essentials of Using Latest Techniques in Continuous Monitoring for Detecting Fraud (DA-3) Dec 12
What you will learn:
- How to determine which data is needed to conduct a data analysis-based audit for fraud
- A methodology for requesting data from owners
- How to deal with IT
- How to Import the data in various formats
- Methods to assure the data reliability
- How to use your data to conduct continuous monitoring for fraud
DATA ANALYTICS Bonus Webinar
Fraud Detection and Prevention Techniques Using Excel (DA-2) May 17
What you will learn:
- Introducing data analytics software to your audit process
- How to use Excel to boost efficiency and effectiveness in auditing for different types of fraud
- Demonstrations of Excel's functionality in identifying data anomalies that may represent red flags of fraud
- Useful shortcuts and processes for making IDEA easy
Sponsored Webinars
The following Webinars are sponsored by vendors and will be available to all AuditNet users. Watch for announcements of availability and register as soon as you receive the notification. (Note - you must subscribe to our newsletter or opt in to our mailing list)
An Expert’s Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up and Managing an Anonymous Fraud Hotline (Sponsored) (already closed)
What you will learn:
- Legal and regulatory traps to avoid
- Whether to “do it yourself”or use an outside provider
- How to guarantee anonymity and confidentiality
- Do’s and don’ts for encouraging employee use of the hotline
- Proven practices for handling fraud-related
hotline tips
Fraud Investigation Best Practices (Sponsored) May 9
What you will learn:
- The roles of internal and external auditors, compliance officers, HR and fraud examiners in:
- Performing Audit tests
- Interviewing suspects
- Conducting forensic accounting investigations
- Collecting and assessing financial evidence
- Preserving evidence
- Proving the case
When Law Enforcement Comes Knocking (Sponsored) Oct 23
What you will learn:
- How to greet law enforcement agents when they show up asking for an interview related to an alleged fraud
- Your rights when being asked for information about an alleged fraud
- How to avoid legal traps when answer law enforcement officials’ questions
- When to contact an attorney
- Rules of thumb for how to answer specific questions
Detecting, Preventing, Investigating and Auditing Fraud
in Today’s High-Crime Climate
2012 Series
Package and Individual Pricing
Time: 2:00 PM- 3:15 PM (Eastern, GMT -0500) (unless otherwise noted)
Times may be subject to
change
CPE: 1.5 Credits are available for attending the seminar which are awarded
based on a 50-minute hour.
Program Level / Prerequisites and
Advance Preparation: Basic / None
Basic Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended Category: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Cost: $85 per webinar. Individual and Package pricing available here!
FRAUD GENERAL GROUP 1
FG1-1 Establishing an Effective Fraud Awareness Program (FG-1) Mar7
What you will learn:
- How to start planning a successful employee fraud awareness training program
- Best methods for training employees in how to recognize red flags of fraud
- How to turn fraud awareness into whistleblower tips
- How to measure effectiveness of fraud awareness training
- Who should conduct training and when
FG1-2 ACH and Check Fraud—Proven Detection and Prevention Methods (FG-1) April 5
What you will learn:
- Check and ACH fraud schemes you may be surprised by
- Common mistakes that check fraudsters take advantage of
- Powerful ways to detect red flags of check and ACH fraud
- Which prevention measures work and which don’t
FG1-3 Fraud Risk Assessment -- Complying with the Standards FG-1) May 22
What you will learn:
- How your fraud risk assessment can slash your organization's fraud losses
- Why it is essential to conduct the Fraud Risk Assessment at least annually
- How to set the right objectives
- Who should conduct your fraud risk assessment
- Step-by-step guidance for conducting a successful FRA
- How to get maximum risk-prevention impact from your FRA
- Traps to avoid when planning and conducting your FRA
FG1-4 An Expert’s Advice on Establishing an Organization Wide Fraud Policy (FG-1) June 5
What you will learn:
- Critical reasons to have a fraud policy
- Why an ethics policy is not enough
- Who should formulate the policy
- What NOT to include in a fraud policy
- Best practices for implementing and enforcing your fraud policy
- How to keep your fraud policy current and effective
FG 1-5 Fraud, Corruption and Money Laundering: Prevention, Detection and Recovery (FCPA) (FG-1) July 25
What you will learn:
- How to detect the red flags of bribery ad conflicts of interest
- Why detecting bribery is increasingly important today
- Penalties for violating US and international anti-bribery laws
- When it is legal to pay bribes
- When and where to find outside anti-bribery expertise
FRAUD GENERAL GROUP 2
FG 2-1 The Critical Role of Control Self Assessments in Your Anti Fraud Program (FG-2) Feb 22
What you will learn:
- The disturbing facts about anti-fraud controls: Why fraud still pays
- How to identify vulnerabilities in existing anti-fraud controls in accounts payable, payroll, procurement, T&E and other key functions
- The Critical Components of Internal Controls
- Segregation of Duties: What it REALLY means and how to use it as a powerful foundation for effective process-level anti-fraud controls
- Who should be in charge of building your organization’s anti-fraud controls
- Case studies: When organizations do controls right
- How to do a proper anti-fraud controls self-assessment
FG 2-2 Effective Interviewing for Fraud Examiners (FG-2) June 20
What you will learn:
- The critical difference between interviewing and interrogating
- Which works best in which situation
- Mistakes to avoid in setting up the interview room
- Best ways for structuring a fraud interview
- Understanding suspects’ body language
- Main types of questions and when to use each
- Best strategy for getting a confession
FG 2-3 Commercial Crime Insurance — Do you Have it? Should You Have It? What Kind and Much? (FG-2) Aug 21
What you will learn:
- Why your organization needs commercial crime insurance
- How much insurance you need.
- What is covered under commercial crime insurance and what isn’t
- Critical steps to take — and traps to avoid— when you discover an employee theft— to ensure maximum recovery on your insurance claims
- Essential investigative steps to use when an
employee fraud is first discovered
FG 2-4 Protecting Your Organization from the Growing Threat of External Cyber Fraud (FG-1) September 19
What you will learn:
- Types of information fraudsters hackers may try to steal
- How stolen information is used to sabotage, extort and financially undermine your organization
- Who commits computer and Internet crime
- How to measure your organization’s current cyber- security status
- Essential protective measures for minimizing risk of computer and Internet fraud now
FG 2-5 How to Avoid the Many Costly Traps in Handling Fraud Evidence (FG-2) Nov 7
What you will learn:
- How different types of fraud leave different types of evidence
- Where to look for the hard evidence of fraud—some of it may be right under your nose
- How to avoid contaminating evidence
- Essentials of gathering and preserving electronic evidence
- Basic legal rules for collecting fraud evidence
Bonus
Social Networking and Fraud Risk—What you Don’t Know Can Cost You (FG-2) Oct 10 (Bonus????)
What you will learn:
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How E-fraudsters exploit Facebook and other social media sites to commit fraud
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How to monitor social media sites for signs of criminal actions against your organization
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Legal aspects of social media fraud
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Who should be accountable for monitoring and reacting to social media attacks
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