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The Little Book of Local Government Fraud

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Description

The Little Book of Local Government Fraud includes a self-study e-book delivered to you immediately upon purchase for 3 hours of CPE credit.

The Little Book of Local Government Fraud is for both the professional fraud examiner and lay-man alike. Even if you know little about local government fraud, Charles Hall, CPA, CFE, MAcc, will guide you to a much better understanding of how fraud is carried out and why it happens. The government manager, the auditor, and the professional fraud examiner will find easy-to-understand prevention and detection techniques, which are complemented by a complete series of checklists.

Course objectives include:

  • Identify common characteristics of fraudsters.
  • Identify various types of fraud schemes.
  • Recognize ways to detect and prevent fraud in local governments.
  • Recognize ways to prevent fraud by identifying various types of fraud schemes.
  • Recall various red flag situations for detecting and preventing fraud.
  • Identify the primary methods of stealing from governments.
  • Specify details of receipt and disbursement fraud tests.
  • Recall the three receipt fraud tests.
  • Specify common times when detection of fraud surfaces.
  • Cite exemptions that may occur within local governments.
  • Select the dollar amount associated with median-sized governments.
  • Identify the importance of forensic audits.
  • Define terms associated with deficiencies in internal controls.
  • Identify ways of categorizing and communicating control weaknesses.
  • Recall lower cost options for preventing fraud in smaller governments.
  • Identify recommended internal controls for small governments.

CPE Credit Hours: 3
NASBA Category of Study: Auditing (Governmental)
Program level: Basic
Prerequisites: None
Advance preparation: None
Who should attend: Auditors
Instructional method: Self-study text with online qualified assessment. QAS SS
Author: Charles Hall, CPA, CFE, MAcc

This course is also included in the Fraud Bundle.

This course does qualify for the 24 hour Yellow Book CPE requirement.

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What People Say About This Course

“It was written in a way that kept my interest.”
-CPA in Public Practice

“The information was presented well and easy to understand.”
-The Little Book of Local Government Fraud Student