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Wanted: gutsy fraud fighters. An Interview with Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York

Preet Bharara exhorts business school students, corporate employees and fraud examiners to create ethical cultures and have the courage to report fraud.

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Unaccountable external auditors (part 2 of 2): Their roles in the 'Great Economic Meltdown'

Gil Geis contended that the failures of many external auditors helped contribute to the recent "Great Economic Meltdown."

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Geis, Sutherland and white-collar crime (part 2 of 2)

This article is excerpted from the 2001 book "Contemporary Issues in Crime & Criminal Justice: Essays in Honor of Gilbert Geis," edited by Henry N. Pontell and David Shichor.

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Not worth the paper they're printed on: Phony estimates in financial statements

Detecting financial statement fraud is more complex than ever. But here are ways to investigate the books and the personalities behind the numbers.

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Who are you going to call? The IRS and the SEC whistleblower awards programs

Have you (or employees in your organization) found incriminating evidence, but you don't trust the internal hotline? Here are two ways to report fraud and possibly receive awards for your troubles.

 

	Cooking the books with fuel fraud The nation's energy industry might soon seek more CFEs.
	Don’t fixate on the numbers: Overreliance on income tax data In spring 2012, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) charged a Wasilla, Alaska, tax preparer with six counts of preparing false tax returns.
	'Customized' embezzlement: a near-$1 million billing scheme Life didn’t seem fair to Cecile Nhung Campbell, CPA. She was desperate for cash, while her employer, Kia Motors America, was rolling in it.
	Devil in the details: anti-fraud data analytics The auditor glanced at the data analytics software manuals gathering dust on his credenza. "Still no time for that," he said to himself.
	Online battlefield: Cyber attack vectors, part two "Israel, all your base are belong to us," tweeted hacker group Anonymous.
	Cyber-attack vector? Who, me? Some of us complain about the blurring boundaries between our work and personal lives, but fraudsters love it. Why?

Global Fraud Focus
Bankers without ethics: 2012 was the year global banks paid hefty fines for lofty hubris

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Tina Lusk, CFE, Area Controller, Northern Europe & Africa, OTIS, La Defense, France

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UAE gets tough on fraud and fake goods
Abu Dhabi: The government will step up efforts to fight fraud and trade in fake goods, with unscrupulous traders facing up to two years in jail, a Dh1 million fine and being named and shamed at their cost, states a draft law. 

 

Settlements in fraud case may only go so far

A federal magistrate has ordered a settlement conference in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission massive fraud case against Timothy M. McGinn and David L. Smith, former Albany brokers who were convicted in February of fraud, conspiracy and tax evasion charges.

Money-pooling fraud: SFIO to probe three more WB groups
Amid the raging controversy over alleged fraud by Saradha group, the government has directed the Serious Fraud Investigation Office to probe three more West Bengal-based groups, suspected of defrauding investors through money-pooling schemes.

 

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Jonathan Turner, CFE, Managing Director, Wilson and Turner, Inc., continues his discussion on how to conduct an interview. Part 2 of 2. 

 

TRAINING AND EVENTS
	CFE Exam Review Course Atlanta, GA May 20-23, 2013
	24th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference  Las Vegas, NV June 23-28, 2013
	Introduction to Digital Forensics  Boston, MA August 5-6, 2013

 

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