Accounting Fraud 2024
8.00 Credits
Member Price $299
Non-Member Price $399
Overview
Gain an understanding of the concept of fraud, the Fraud Triangle theory, fraud risk, fraud detection and prevention. Learn about best practices in fraud detection and fraud deterrence. This course includes real-world cases of fraud, how they were perpetrated, and how they were detected.
Highlights
- The elements of fraud and the Fraud Triangle Theory
- Types of fraud with a focus on management fraud
- Best practices in fraud detection and deterrence
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
CPAs and financial professionals.
Objectives
- Identify how and why occupational fraud is committed
- Recognize how fraudulent conduct may be deterred
- Identify the red flags, circumstances and frequency of accounting fraud
- Recognize the magnitude and financial implications of fraud to establish better controls
- Determine the potential fraud risk within your own organization
- Determine steps to recognize and minimize your organization's risk to fraud
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Robert Bedwell, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC
Bob Bedwell, CPA, is an Audit and Advisory Principal at Mallah Furman, with over 35 years of audit and accounting experience. Bob regularly assists clients with a full range of corporate audit and assurance services, including financial statement preparation, auditing, SEC reporting, mergers, 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.
Bob has been a discussion leader on numerous topics for the Florida 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.
Bob received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey, and has also earned a Masters 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 International Association of Practicing Accountants (IAPC). He has previously served as chairman of the FICPA Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee.
Non-Member Price $399
Member Price $299