Fraud 101: Techniques and Strategies for Detection

Howard R. Davia

ISBN 10: 0471373095 / ISBN 13: 9780471373094

Published by Wiley, 2000

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Synopsis:

Businesses lose over $100 billion a year to fraud. Only 20 percent is discovered.

Recent audits reveal staggering monetary losses to fraud annually the majority of which goes undetected and unrecovered. This how–to guide offers comprehensive, intermediate training for evaluating, devising, and installing fraud–specific internal controls, conducting proactive examinations, running an investigation, and successfully bringing acts of fraud to prosecution. Includes actual case studies and fresh insights into the nature of fraud and the mentality necessary to combat it.

Howard R. Davia, CPA (Warrenton, VA), has over thirty years of experience in government, industry, and public accounting. He was president and cofounder of Executive Education Series, Inc. John C. Wideman, PhD, has over twenty–eight years of investigative experience in the civil, criminal, and military intelligence fields, and as a private practitioner. Patrick C. Coggins, PhD (Deland, FL), is the Dupont Endowed Chair Professor at Stetson University. He has over twenty–eight years of experience in governmental and public sector financial management, legal issues, organizational diagnosis, and income taxes.

About the Author: HOWARD R. DAVIA is a certified public accountant with over 30 years of experience in government, industry, and public accounting. As an audit executive with both the U.S. General Accounting Office and the General Services Administration, and subsequently as a chief executive operating officer with the General Services Administration, he gained vast experience in the opportunities for fraud, as well as for its detection and deterrence. Mr. Davia was also president and cofounder of Executive Education Series, Inc., which provided training and consulting in fraud detection and control. As an adjunct professor of accountancy, Mr. Davia engaged in a joint venture with the College of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, for the purpose of conducting nationally the Fraud Discovery and Control Workshop. He has also lectured on the subject of fraud detection and control to Institute of Management Accountant′s members, CPA state society members, and corporate management groups. He is coauthor of Accountant’s Guide to Fraud Detection and Control, Second Edition (Wiley).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fraud 101: Techniques and Strategies for ...
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
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