Fighting fraud how to establish and manage an anti-fraud program

This practical reference provides the basics for instituting a corporate anti-fraud program that helps prepare corporate security professionals and other corporate managers for fighting corporate fraud from inside the company. It provides an exceptional foundation for security professionals or busin...

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Main Author: Kovacich, Gerald L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann 2008
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505 0 |a Chapter 4: Corporations Don't Commit Frauds; People Do -- INTRODUCTION -- ARE DEFRAUDERS A PRODUCT OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT, OR IS IT IN THEIR GENES? -- SOME CRIMINOLOGY THEORIES -- FRAUD-THREAT AGENTS -- HUMAN ERRORS -- ACCIDENTS -- MAN-MADE OR MALICIOUS FRAUD THREATS -- POTENTIAL FRAUD-THREAT AGENTS -- CAPABILITIES -- MOTIVATION -- ACCESS -- CATALYSTS -- INHIBITORS -- AMPLIFIERS -- FRAUD-RELATED FACTORS FOR ATTACKING SYSTEMS -- RELATIONSHIP OF THREAT ELEMENTS -- CASE STUDY -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 5: Fighting Fraud -- Whose Job Is It Anyway? -- INTRODUCTION -- ROLE OF EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT -- ROLE OF CORPORATE MANAGEMENT -- ROLE OF THE CORPORATE EMPLOYEES -- ROLE OF THE ETHICS DIRECTOR -- ROLE OF THE AUDITOR -- ROLE OF THE FRAUD EXAMINER -- ROLE OF THE CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER (CSO) -- WHY THE CORPORATE SECURITY PROFESSIONAL? -- CASE STUDY -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 6: Where There Is a Will There Is a Way -- Fraud Schemes -- INTRODUCTION -- TYPES OF FRAUD SCHEMES -- FINANCIAL -- CREDIT CAR. 
505 0 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Quotation -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and Premise -- SECTION I: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF FRAUD -- Chapter 1: The New-Old Global Business Environment -- INTRODUCTION -- GLOBALIZATION OF BUSINESS -- BENEFITS TO NATION-STATES -- EXPANSION OF THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE AND THEIR AREAS OF OPERATIONS -- TYPES OF CORPORATIONS -- CORPORATE OWNERS AND LOCATIONS -- CORPORATE PRODUCTS -- THE HIGH-TECHNOLOGY FACTOR -- NANOTECHNOLOGY -- HIGH-TECHNOLOGY-RELATED FRAUDS AND OTHER CRIMES -- ADVENT OF THE SUPERHIGHWAYS -- THE IMPACT OF SUPERHIGHWAYS ON FRAUDS AND OTHER CRIMES -- A SHORT HISTORY OF FRAUDS AND OTHER CRIMES VIA THE I-WAY -- SUPERHIGHWAY FRAUDS AND OTHER CRIMES TO I-WAY ROBBERIES -- I-WAY ROBBERY -- ITS PREVALENCE -- THERE IS NO I-WAY PATROL TO STOP I-WAY ROBBERS -- GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY VIA THE I-WAY = GLOBAL EXPOSURE TO ATTACKS BY FRAUD-THREAT AGENTS AND OTHER MISCREANTS --  
505 0 |a CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT -- CHALLENGES TO SECURITY PROFESSIONALS AND OTHERS -- CASE STUDY 1 -- CASE STUDY 2 -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 2: Corporate Assets, Frauds, and Other Terms -- What Are They? -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINITION OF GENERAL FRAUD -- SPECIFIC FRAUD DEFINITIONS -- CORPORATE ASSETS -- OTHER TERMS AND DEFINITIONS -- CASE STUDY -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 3: Fraud-Related Laws -- INTRODUCTION -- SOME U.S. FEDERAL FRAUD-RELATED LAWS -- RELEVANT CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS FOR FRAUD IN THE UNITED STATES -- A FEW EXAMPLES OF U.S. FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF FRAUD-RELATED LAWS, APPROACH AND ACTIONS -- MAIL FRAUD STATUTES (CONDENSED AND PARAPHRASED) -- MONEY LAUNDERING -- FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FRAUD (BANK FRAUD) -- CIVIL LITIGATION -- U.S. TREASURY COLLECTION -- SECURITIES VIOLATIONS -- ROLE OF PHONE COMPANIES -- EUROPEAN FRAUD-RELATED LAWS -- EU FIGHT AGAINST FRAUDS -- ASIA AND FIGHTING FRAUD -- CASE STUDY -- "BLOWING THE WHISTLE" ON DEFRAUDERS CAN BE DANGEROUS -- SUMMARY --  
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520 |a This practical reference provides the basics for instituting a corporate anti-fraud program that helps prepare corporate security professionals and other corporate managers for fighting corporate fraud from inside the company. It provides an exceptional foundation for security professionals or business executives involved in developing and implementing a corporate anti-fraud program as part of a corporate assets protection program. The author's intent is to provide the reader with a practitioner's guide (a "how-to? book), augmented by some background information to put it all in perspec