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CFEs possess many of the skills that companies need on their boards of directors: skepticism and curiosity, analytical thinking, reading comprehension, interviewing and communication.
Healdton’s treasured treasurer took advantage of an oblivious city council and city manager and defrauded the city of at least $80,000 using three different methods. Her story shows how small nonprofits are particularly susceptible to fraudsters.
Organizations’ procurement of goods and services — through electronic bidding processes — can save money and increase efficiency. But it can also add risks plus inflict major fraud damage when staffs betray employers’ trust.
Tom Shaw, CFE, CAMS, a seasoned pro, knows that fraud examiners only see victories when they’ve diligently planned for every possible fraud quirk. Here’s help for incorporating metrics-driven processes into your anti-fraud efforts.
To address the lack of available benchmarking information for internal fraud investigation departments, the ACFE collected data about our members' internal investigations teams.
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"When new people come in because there's change, it's sometimes harder to spot anomalous behaviors,” said WIRED Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson at the 31st Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. “Of course spotting anomalous behaviors is how a lot of fraud detection works. You know the patterns of what we do, you look for things that don't quite fit those patterns and you identify that as fraud." View the video.