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The CPA's Handbook of Fraud and Commercial Crime Prevention

Author: Tracy Coenen, CPA, MBA, CFE with contributions from the professional staff at Kroll Inc., and Lynford Graham, CPA, Ph.D., CFE
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This unique comprehensive handbook gives you details, tools, and guidance on many areas of fraud prevention and detection including:

  • Audit Sampling and Fraud Examination
  • Managing the risk of fraud
  • Promoting an ethical environment
  • Risk financing and fidelity insurance
  • Computer security and system recovery
  • Internal fraud
  • External fraud for personal gain
  • Commercial crime
  • Computer crime and computer criminals
  • Dealing with a known or suspected fraud
  • Fraud sector-by-sector

This reference is a key tool for controllers responsible for preventing fraud as well as public practitioners who are auditing clients and are exposed to lawsuits if they fail to detect fraud. You will also find guidance on all of these hard-hitting subject areas of interest in one place, like:

  • financial statement fraud
  • fraud investigation
  • corporate security
  • procurement fraud
  • identity theft
  • sector-by-sector fraud prevention checklists

In addition, you'll save time and avoid costly oversight with ready-to-use checklists on the companion CD-ROM – in critical areas including risk management, risk financing and computer security.

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About the Authors

Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, MBA, CFE
Lynford Graham, CPA, PhD, CFE
Kroll, Inc.

Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, MBA, CFE

Tracy Coenen is a forensic accountant and fraud investigator with Sequence Inc. in Milwaukee and Chicago.

With a professional background that includes stints in the criminal justice system and at auditing firm Arthur Andersen, Tracy has found her passion in investigating fraud. Tracy investigates cases of embezzlement, financial statement fraud, investment fraud, and insurance fraud. She also works as an expert witness in cases involving damage calculations, commercial contract disputes, and criminal defense. In addition, she serves as an Adjunct Professor at Concordia University – Wisconsin.

Tracy is regularly featured in regional and national business publications, and is an in-demand trainer and authority on fraud prevention for corporations and professional organizations.

Lynford Graham, CPA, PhD, CFE

Lyn Graham is a consultant in accounting and auditing matters and audit methodology located in Short Hills, New Jersey. With more than 25 years of public accounting experience in audit practice and National policy development groups, he was formerly a Partner and the Director of Audit Policy for BDO Seidman, LLP, and was a National Accounting & SEC Consulting Partner with Coopers & Lybrand. Prior to joining BDO Seidman LLP, Dr. Graham was an Associate Professor of Accounting and Information Systems and a Graduate Faculty Fellow at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey.

Kroll, Inc.

For over 35 years, Kroll has helped clients prevent, investigate, and recover from fraud. They specialize in investigation, forensic accounting, and computer forensics. They offer solutions to problems—global, local, or cross-border—from a wide range of services, including corporate internal investigations, intellectual property protection, electronic discovery, litigation support, and government contractor advisory services.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Chapter 1 - Managing the Risk of Fraud
    • The Nature and Extent of Fraud
    • Fraud Risk Factors
    • Internal Controls and "Fraud-Proofing"
    • Detecting and Preventing Fraud in Books of Account
    • A New Environment for Fraud Risk Detection and Enforcement
    • Risk Management Checklist
  • Chapter 2 - Promoting an Ethical Environment
    • Ethics: A Framework
    • Ethical Environment Checklist
  • Chapter 3 - Insurance Against Fraud
    • Financing the Risk of Fraud
    • Fraud Insurance
    • Important Provisions in Commercial Crime Policies
    • Insured's Responsibilities in the Event of a Loss
    • The Insurer
    • Fraud Insurance Checklist
  • Chapter 4 - Computer Security and System Recovery
    • The Role of Computers in Modern Corporations
    • Management's Security Issues
    • Physical Security
    • Logical Security
    • System Recovery
    • Management's Responsibilities in a Security Program
    • Computer Security Checklist
  • Chapter 5 - Asset Misappropriation
    • Defining Asset Misappropriation
    • Cash Receipts Fraud
    • Cash Disbursements Fraud
    • Prevention of Cash Receipts and Disbursements Fraud
    • Noncash Fraud
  • Chapter 6 - External Fraud
    • Fraud Perpetrated by Outsiders
    • Schemes to Defraud Individuals or Corporations
    • Individuals Versus the Government
    • Individuals Versus Financial Institutions
    • Individuals Versus Insurance Companies
  • Chapter 7 - Commercial Crime
    • Overview
    • Forms of Commercial Crime
    • Prevention of Commercial Crime
  • Chapter 8 - Computer Crime and Computer Criminals
    • Overview
    • Computer-Related Crimes
    • A Brief History of Computer Crime
    • Computer Crime Today
    • Fraud and the Internet
    • Computer Criminal Profiles
    • Controls for Preventing and Detecting Computer Crime
    • Computer Fraud, Computer Evidence, and the Science of Computer Forensics
    • Selected Computer Crimes
    • Conclusion
    • Computer Crime Checklists
  • Chapter 9 - Dealing With a Known or Suspected Fraud
    • Overview
    • The Five-Step Investigative Approach
    • Forensic Accountants
    • Dealing With a Known or Suspected Fraud Checklist
  • Chapter 10 - Reducing the Risk of Financial Statement Fraud
    • The Pervasive Nature of Financial Statement Fraud
    • Regulatory Framework
    • Financial Statement Fraud Trends
    • Predictors of Financial Statement Fraud
    • Guidance for Auditors
    • Checklist: Detection of Financial Statement Fraud
    • Checklist: Sarbanes-Oxley
  • Chapter 11 - Corporate Security: Threat and Crisis Management
    • Overview
    • The Threat
    • Planning and Prevention
    • Crisis Management
    • Corporate Security Checklists
    • The Kroll October 2001 Survey on Security Risk Management
  • Chapter 12 - Bankruptcy Fraud
    • Overview
    • The Accountant's Role in Bankruptcy
    • The Bankruptcy Process
    • Fraud in Bankruptcy Filings
    • Elements of Bankruptcy Fraud
    • Kinds of Bankruptcy Fraud
    • Referral of Bankruptcy Fraud
    • Bankruptcy Fraud Checklist
  • Chapter 13 - Detecting Procurement Fraud
    • Understanding the Procurement Process
    • Screening Procurement Contracts
    • Scrutinizing Suspect Procurement Contracts
    • In-Depth Examination of Suspect Procurement Contracts
    • Reporting Fraud in Procurement Contracts
  • Chapter 14 - Identity Theft and Corporate Identity Fraud
    • Introduction
    • Laws to Combat Identity Theft
    • How Thieves Steal Your Identity
    • Personal Identity Theft
    • Corporate Identity Theft and Breach Protection
    • Cyber Identity Theft
    • Conclusion
    • Checklist: Detection of Personal Identity Theft and Corporate Identity Fraud
  • Chapter 15 - Audit Sampling and Fraud Examination
    • Overview
    • Differences between Auditing and Forensic Examination
    • What is Sampling?
    • Myths Relating to Statistical Sampling
    • Types of Sampling
    • Critiquing and Defending Sample Sizes Used in Auditing
    • Sampling Software
    • Application of Statistical Sampling in Dispute Resolution
  • Fraud Sector-by-Sector (See Fraud Prevention Checklists CD-ROM 2009)
  • Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 99, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement
  • Audit (See Fraud Prevention Checklists CD-ROM 2009)
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography (Suggested References)

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