The Bookstore: Fraud Detection Software and Publications

Essential Project Investment Governance and Reporting: Techniques for Preventing Project Fraud

Many businesses are not properly considering the risks inherent in reporting project investments in compliance with the new Sarbanes-Oxley federal law. This represents a very real threat to these organizations, their senior executives and project managers. This book introduces proactive best processes for ensuring proper financial reporting of project investments. The authors also provide a roadmap for preventing, detecting, and managing the risks of fraud in projects.

Fraud Detection: A Revealing Look at Fraud

The second edition of Fraud Detection: A Revealing Look at Fraud by David G. Coderre reinforces this book's reputation as a must-have item for auditors and fraud investigators. The original edition first appeared in 1999, and soon became a classic. Coderre's step-by-step approach to using data analysis tools, supplemented by more than 60 lively case studies, has been read and appreciated by thousands of auditors. Coderre is particularly strong and compelling on the subject of ratio analysis and related digital analysis techniques for detecting what he calls "known and unknown symptoms of fraud" -- subtle anomalies that can help identify a fraud in its early stages. This second edition, published by Ekaros Analytical, reflects nearly five years of additional fraud investigation experience, with revised and expanded text and new features.

CAATTs & Other BEASTs

for Auditors is recognized as a classic reference work for auditors. In this fascinating work, longtime Canadian government auditor David Coderre:

• Teaches the state of the art in computer-aided audit techniques, with practical guidelines on how to get needed data, overcome organizational roadblocks, build data analysis skills, and manage large-scale projects.
• Covers all key software categories including data analysis and data mining, presentation tools, risk management, working papers, document management, and more.
• Delivers an ideal introductory text and training tool.
• Builds on 40 detailed case studies drawn from the author's decades of public and private audit experience.

Addresses Sarbanes-Oxley issues and Web-based audit techniques in this new and expanded 3rd edition (2005).

Fraud Toolkit for ACL

Auditors know the importance of detecting fraud. The incredible volume of transactions in today's business environment makes electronic frauds more common, and computer-aided audit tools an absolute necessity. Use the Fraud Toolkit with your ACL software in either of these functions:

• As a ready-to-use fraud detection kit, to search for gaps or duplicates, find high or low transaction values, do Benford's Law testing, or perform dozens of other tests.
• As a training aid for understanding ACL script creation, including adapting and customizing existing scripts for your own tasks.

Created by expert audit technology consultant David G. Coderre, Fraud Toolkit for ACL represents a major leap forward in auditing. The Fraud Toolkit makes today's most sophisticated data analysis and fraud detection techniques available to everyone. (130 pages, soft cover coil-bound with CD-ROM / requires ACL version 7 or 8)

Fraud Detection and Cash Recovery Using ActiveData for Excel

This eight-hour CPE self-study course assists auditors, fraud examiners, and management in implementing data analysis routines using ActiveData for Microsoft Excel. A grasp of this new material brings greater proficiency in using audit software to detect and prevent organizational inefficiency, ineffectiveness, and fraud. It walks through 16 common fraud detection, cash recovery, and audit tests within the accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger audit areas.

This course will:

• Introduce you to the powerful combination of ActiveData and Excel
• Walk you through basic fraud detection and cash recovery reporting concepts
• Map out each step for the most common of fraud detection, cash recovery and audit tests
• Equip you with sample data, providing a glimpse of the resulting report prior to the (crunch time) situation
• Suggest fraud detection and audit procedures to perform on the resulting reports

Fraud Detection and Cash Recovery Using ActiveData for Office

This eight-hour CPE self-study course assists auditors, fraud examiners, and management in implementing data analysis routines using ActiveData for Microsoft Office. A grasp of this new material brings greater proficiency in using audit software to detect and prevent organizational inefficiency, ineffectiveness, and fraud. It walks through 16 common fraud detection, cash recovery, and audit tests within the accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger audit areas.

This course will:

• Introduce you to the powerful combination of ActiveData and Office
• Walk you through basic fraud detection and cash recovery reporting concepts
• Map out each step for the most common of fraud detection, cash recovery and audit tests
• Equip you with sample data, providing a glimpse of the resulting report prior to the (crunch time) situation
• Suggest fraud detection and audit procedures to perform on the resulting reports

Fraud Investigations Using IDEA

Sophisticated data analysis tools are essential to discovering and preventing fraud in large organizations. This publication explains how fraud is applied in an electronic environment and how to prove the fraud case each step of the way from broad data analysis techniques to specific interviewing of employees. It also presents classic fraud schemes and unique fraud-revealing data analysis concepts.

Proactively Detecting Occupational Fraud Using Computer Audit Reports helps auditors worldwide fight fraud using computer analysis. The document helps auditors, fraud examiners, and management implement data analysis routines for improved fraud prevention and detection. To that end, this report provides a comprehensive checklist of data analysis reports associated with each type of fraud scheme. It also provides general guidance to help an audit team get started analyzing company data. For more information: Editorial summary.

Using Microsoft Access to Audit Payables for Fraud

Accounts payable has always been a target of choice for employee fraud. This course gives you a clear understanding of the concepts used to audit payables for fraud with Microsoft Access® and why certain tests are more effective than others. In this eight-credit-hour CPE course you'll learn:

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