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Asset Misappropriation - Let Me Count the Ways

Tuesday, April 29
 1:00pm - 2:49pm

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2.00 Credits

Member Price $79.00

Non-Member Price $109.00

Overview

As discussed in the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ Occupational Fraud 2022: A Report to the Nations, 86% of all frauds are misappropriation of assets.  Why is the misappropriation of assets so large?  Because there as so many of them it creates many, many opportunities.  And the asset which is stolen the most?  CASH!  Because it’s easy to conceal and you don’t have to convert it.  During this presentation, the many, many different ways to misappropriate (steal) assets and which assets (besides cash) are most subject to misappropriation are discussed as well as how to recognize such and more importantly, how easy it is to prevent it!

Objectives

  • After this session, those individual enrolled will be able to:
  • Recognize the most common Behavioral Red Flags
  • Understand how skimming occurs
  • Recognize assets that are easy to skim
  • Understand why inventory is such a good place to hide asset misappropriations
  • Identify the most common indicators of fixed assets fraud
  • Illustrate how easy check fraud is and how to prevent it

Highlights

  • Identifying opportunity
  • The three most common behavioral red flags that we should always look for
  • The many ways to commit check fraud (it’s so easy)
  • Why inventory is such a good place to hide theft of assets
  • How to cover up inventory fraud
  • Accounts Receivable Fraud and how it works
  • How to count inventory that’s not there

Designed For

External and Internal Auditors; Small Business Owners; Office Managers

Prerequisites

None

Preparation

None

Notice

Your webinar can be accessed via https://ctcpas.acpen.com/Account/loginhttps://ctcpas.acpen.com/. If you do not have an ACPEN account, please sign up for an account using the email address you have on file with CTCPA.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Dennis Dycus

Dennis F. Dycus, CPA, CFE, CGFM, Trainer, Consultant, Public Speaker has recently retired after 39 years with the Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Tennessee as the Director of the Division of Municipal Audit where I was responsible for the audits of all local governments in Tennessee, with the exception of counties and their affiliated, units as well as conducting investigations related to fraud, waste, and abuse in local governments. For the last several years he has developed and/or conducted training programs in all fifty states, Puerto Rico, Guam, Canada and Europe, for organizations such as the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; numerous state CPA societies; the Government Finance Officers Association; the Association of Government Accountants; the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers; Westcott Communications, Inc.; Western CPE; Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network; the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe; IBM; HCA; NYC Presbyterian Hospital; Saturn, Inc.; Chrysler; Securities and Exchange Commission; the U.S. Department of Labor; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the Government Accountability Office; U.S. Office of Management and Budget; the Internal Revenue Service; US Bankruptcy Trustees; Bisk Education, Inc.; Nichols Education, Inc.; Symbion, Inc.; numerous state audit organizations; local ACFE, AGA and state CPA chapters; and individual professional firms. He frequently speaks at colleges and universities as well as various professional conferences, both on a local and national level. Dennis is a member of the AICPA; TSCPA; GFOA; TGFOA; ACFE (charter member), Middle Tennessee Chapter ACFE –Past President, current President Emeritus; AGA; Middle Tennessee Chapter AGA – Past President and he has authored articles related to the detection and prevention of fraud for several national publications. He attended Western Kentucky University, with a BS in Accounting, Class of 1969 and in 1986 he graduated from the Tennessee Government Executive Institute (TGEI).

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Non-Member Price $109.00

Member Price $79.00