Events Search
  Summary & Check Out (0)
Thursday, October 20, 2022 Live Webcast

Fraud Basics: Protecting the Company Till (E2210072)

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Registration: 8:30 AM EDT

webcast

Vendor Platform

4 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

Our focus is to reduce the overall risk of fraud. To that end, this course focuses on what factors contribute to turning honest employees into schemers. Discussion will include integrity and ethics, as well as how people may react in certain situations. We also explore the darknet and cryptocurrency fraud.

This course features a live instructor and has been specifically designed for the NJCPA.

DESIGNED FOR

CPAs in public practice and industry who wish to educate clients or colleagues on how to better prevent fraud from occurring at the source – would-be fraudsters.

BENEFITS

  • Fraud's cost: ACFE's Report to the Nations; Ancillary costs
  • Current economy: Microeconomics; Analyses
  • COSO's Internal Control Framework: Principle #1 - Integrity/Ethics; Principle #8 - Fraud Risk Assessment
  • Power of morale: Shrink the fraud triangle; Motivation
  • Why good folks go bad: What studies indicate; Five interesting findings; Red flags 

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Understand the prevalence of fraud
  • Realize how organizations may cause fraud without realizing it
  • Comprehend the cost of fraud
  • See how the new COSO Framework for Internal Control focuses on fraud
  • Understand that there are many layers in fraud defense

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Robert Bedwell

Robert P. Bedwell, CPA

Bob is an accounting and finance professional with over 39 years of audit and accounting experience. Bob’s experience includes a full range of corporate accounting and assurance services, including financial statement preparation, auditing, SEC reporting, mergers and 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. He is currently director of administrative services at Progressive Care Inc. in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Bob has been a discussion leader on numerous topics for Surgent Professional Education, the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the American 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. Subject areas for which Bob has served as a discussion leader (and, in some cases, author) include: professional ethics; fraud risk; and a variety of accounting and auditing overviews and standards updates. Bob received his Bachelor of Science in accounting and finance from Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey, and has also earned a master’s degree 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 American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has previously served as chairman of the FICPA Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee.

PRICING

$189.00 - Member

$264.00 - Nonmember

Event Cancelled

This event has been cancelled.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

Print a registration form

COURSE DEVELOPER

Surgent