In this episode of THE SAMPLE, Leita Hart-Fanta, CPA explains what the fraud triangle is. She provides a brief explanation of each of the three sides of the triangle.
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4 Facets of Government Corruption
While we auditors are busy designing our audits to catch fraud, we often bypass government corruption because it is so hard to prove. It’s easier for us to uncover the account clerk’s transfers into a personal account or prove that the executive assistant overcharged for travel expenses than it is for us to look at […]
Expense Reimbursement Fraud Schemes
We are still working through the cash disbursement schemes mentioned in the fraud tree. For a picture of the fraud tree, see this link: http://www.acfe.com/fraud-tree.aspx. Last time we discussed the categories of fraudulent disbursements, we covered payroll schemes and billing schemes. This time we will cover the third out of five schemes classified by the Certified […]
Fraudulent Disbursements – Billing Schemes and Payroll Schemes
More in the series on getting to know the fraud tree better. To get a better sense of where we are on the fraud tree and which branch we are talking about in this newsletter, please see the entire fraud tree at http://www.acfe.com/fraud-tree.aspx. Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the […]
Fraud Risk per the GAO’s Green Book
Just because you’re unaware of the risk, doesn’t mean it isn’t there Just because you aren’t conscious of something dangerous, doesn’t mean it isn’t lurking. One of the most important themes of the GAO’s Green Book (and the 2013 COSO model it is sourced from) is consciousness. Instead of just playing along with the crowd […]
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