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 B. Hall, CPA, 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.
• Recall various red flag situations for detecting and preventing fraud.
• Recognize ways to detect and prevent fraud in local governments.
• Identify the primary methods of stealing from governments.
• Recognize ways to prevent fraud by identifying various types of fraud schemes.
• 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 B. Hall, CPA, CFE, MAcc This course is also included in the Fraud Bundle. READ INSIDE THIS BOOK: /why-would-a-government-employee-commit-fraud.html Questions? You can find our FAQ here and our policies here.