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Post-Conference Sessions

Earn additional CPE credits with a two-day seminar immediately following the Main Conference.  These in-depth sessions offer another chance to continue building your fraud-fighting skills in specific areas.

Auditing/Investigating Fraud Seminar
Contract and Procurement Fraud
Investigating on the Internet: Research Tools for Fraud Examiners

Auditing/Investigating Fraud Seminar  

Hugo A. Holland, Jr., J.D., CFE Assistant District Attorney First Judicial District

Gerard M. Zack, CFE, CPA, CIA, CCEP, ACFE Fellow President Zack, P.C.

The Auditing/Investigating Fraud Seminar is structured as a series of general lecture and specific breakout sessions developed to get the respective disciplines up to speed in fraud examination. Once a fraud is detected or predication established, the next step is the careful planning and execution of the investigation. Not all frauds are created equal and knowing what to do, what skill sets to bring to bear and how to conduct the process from the beginning to ensure a successful conclusion to a fraud examination is not always learned on the job. Develop and sharpen your existing skills and techniques necessary for effective fraud detection and investigation. Learn the anti-fraud concepts necessary for auditors and investigators, as well as tips, techniques and perspectives on a variety of industry-specific issues.

What You Will Learn

• An overview of the aspects of fraud examination, the legal elements of fraud and how to best obtain public information
• Audit and accounting's direct responsibilities for detecting and deterring fraud
• Review the various asset misappropriation and corruption schemes auditors may encounter
• How financial misstatement can be a direct result of fraud
• Analytical techniques as they relate to fraud examination
• An introduction to the components of occupational fraud and abuse
• Fundamental interviewing techniques including steps in the admission-seeking interview
• The use of the Internet as an investigative tool during fraud examinations
• An overview of the legal issues which may impact investigators directly
• Basic aspects of preparing reports on a fraud examination

CPE Credit: 16
Course Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: None
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Contract and Procurement Fraud

Eric Feldman, CFE, CIG President Core Integrity Group, LLC

The rise in contract management and the outsourcing of goods and services has created an increase in procurement fraud. It can occur at every stage of the contracting process. Appropriate controls, fraud prevention strategies and proper tendering processes are necessary in the fight against this fraud. This two-day, Post-Conference will teach you the best practices for preventing, detecting and investigating contract and procurement fraud.

Organizations can be defrauded through collusion among bidders, collusion between employers and contractors, and by procurement employees acting alone. Consequently, fraud examiners need to be aware of the vulnerabilities and risks associated with bribery, corruption and other fraudulent procurement activities. Acquire the knowledge, skills and techniques you need to prevent, detect and deter these devastating frauds.

What You Will Learn

• The complete procurement process
• The different methods used to purchase goods and services
• The basics of contract law
• The legal statutes used to prosecute procurement frauds
• Legal remedies available to victims
• The red flags of bribery and corruption
• Bid-rigging and market-allocation schemes
• Procurement fraud schemes involving need recognition, bid-tailoring, bid manipulation,  unbalanced bidding,  leaking bid data, bid-splitting and sole-source contracting
• Purchasing fraud schemes, including p-card abuse and fraudulent invoicing schemes
• Cost mischarging and co-mingling of contracts
• Vendor due diligence and managing  vendor risks via contracts
• Ways to detect and prevent procurement fraud
• The major steps necessary to investigate procurement fraud

CPE Credit: 16

Course Level: Intermediate 
Prerequisite: None
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Investigating on the Internet: Research Tools for Fraud Examiners

Cynthia Hetherington, CFE President The Hetherington Group

Are you using online resources in your internal and external investigations to your best advantage? Presented in non-technical terms, Investigating on the Internet: Research Tools for Fraud Examiners will teach you how to use the Internet to find and follow leads and make your fraud examinations more effective.

With a better understanding of the information available online, examiners can increase the efficiency and success of their fraud examinations. In this seminar, you will learn how to locate evidence online using search engines, commercial databases and social-networking sites. This seminar will also discuss methods for researching foreign corporate records and various techniques for optimizing online searches, including advanced search functions and alternative search engines with unique features that might improve search quality.

What You Will Learn

• How the Internet is changing the landscape of fraud examinations
• The legal issues central to examinations involving the Internet
• How to more efficiently conduct fraud examinations using the Internet
• Techniques for optimizing online searches
• Public record sources and commercial databases available online
• The types and sources of foreign corporate records that are available
• How social-networking sites, blogs, RSS feeds and other Web 2.0 tools can assist in your investigation
• The top tools for Internet investigations

CPE Credit: 16
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
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