This fourth edition of the classic guide shines a light on the most shocking frauds and financial reporting offenders of the last twenty-five years, and gives investors the tools they need to detect:

• Corporate cultures that incentivize dishonest practices
• The latest tricks companies use to exaggerate revenue and earnings
• Techniques devised by management to manipulate cash flow as easily as earnings
• Companies that use misleading metrics to fool investors about their financial performance
• How companies use acquisitions to hide deterioration in their underlying business

 This new edition focuses on the key case studies and most important lessons from the past quarter century, and brings you up to date on accounting chicanery in the global markets. Howard Schilit and his team of renowned forensic accounting experts expose financial reporting miscreants and unveil the latest methods companies use to mislead investors. You’ll learn everything you need to know to unearth deceptive reporting and avoid costly mistakes.

With the responsibility of detecting and preventing fraud placed directly on the accounting profession, you are responsible for recognizing fraud and learning the tools and strategies necessary to stop it. The fourth edition of Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting, shows you how to develop an investigative eye toward both internal and external fraud and provides crucial information on how to deal with it when discovered.This authoritative, timely book equips auditors, investigators, corporate attorneys, and accountants to identify the signs of financial fraud and successfully investigate it.

This new edition will enable you to:

• Recognize the characteristics of organizations in which fraud is likely to occur
• Detect and deter accounting fraud, using the most recently developed techniques
• Conduct an efficient, systematic fraud investigation
• Use the latest methods for documenting fraud and preparing evidence-and much more

No additional testing, grading or certificate fees
No prerequisites
Course level: Basic
Instructional Method: Self-Study

An essential reference for all business professionals, Detecting Fraud in Organizations: Techniques, Tools, and Resources explains the process of how people commit fraud, as well as how to prevent and stop fraud from occurring in your organization. Organized by business processes which succinctly describe how fraud manifests itself on a daily basis, the authors explain ways in which everyone can help guard against fraud by familiarizing themselves with its building blocks and methods used to perpetrate and conceal it. Filled with situational examples the book is accompanied by a website featuring fraud simulations, business process maps, and other useful tools for combating fraud. Focuses on the people who perpetrate fraud and those who are tasked with preventing and detecting it. Uniquely organized by business processes for more relevance and easier understanding by those people working within organizations. Shows how subtle factors play a large role in identifying and ferreting out fraud in addition to the traditional knowledge of fraud schemes giving people and organizations the edge they need to be successful in prevention and deterrence. Companion website includes additional fraud simulations, business process maps, and useful tools.

No additional testing, grading or certificate fees
No prerequisites
Course level: Basic
Instructional Method: Self-Study

​Delve into the mind of a fraudster to beat them at their own game. Corporate Fraud Handbook details the many forms of fraud to help you identify red flags and prevent fraud before it occurs. Written by the founder and chairman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), this book provides indispensable guidance for auditors, examiners, managers, and criminal investigators: from asset misappropriation, to corruption, to financial statement fraud, the most common schemes are dissected to show you where to look and what to look for.

This new fifth edition includes the all-new statistics from the ACFE 2016 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, providing a current look at the impact of and trends in fraud. Real-world case studies submitted to the ACFE by actual fraud examiners show how different scenarios play out in practice, to help you build an effective anti-fraud program within your own organization. This systematic examination into the mind of a fraudster is backed by practical guidance for before, during, and after fraud has been committed; you'll learn how to stop various schemes in their tracks, where to find evidence, and how to quantify financial losses after the fact.

Fraud continues to be a serious problem for businesses and government agencies, and can manifest in myriad ways. This book walks you through detection, prevention, and aftermath to help you shore up your defenses and effectively manage fraud risk. Understand the most common fraud schemes and identify red flags. Learn from illustrative case studies submitted by anti-fraud professionals. Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulationsDevelop and implement effective anti-fraud measures at multiple levels. Fraud can be committed by anyone at any level—employees, managers, owners, and executives—and no organization is immune. Anti-fraud regulations are continually evolving, but the magnitude of fraud's impact has yet to be fully realized. Corporate Fraud Handbook provides exceptional coverage of schemes and effective defense to help you keep your organization secure.

No additional testing, grading or certificate fees
No prerequisites
Course level: Basic
Instructional Method: Self-Study