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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kovacich, Gerald L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann 2008
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • 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
  • 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