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Controlling Fraud

Learn basic fraud control strategies
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Course: On-Demand
Advanced Provider KnowledgeCity  4 chapters ·  14 Lessons ·  18m  in Arabic, English, Spanish 

Course Description

Acting with good intentions isn't always enough to control fraudulent activity. In most instances, organizations need to be proactive with their fraud control strategies and work to protect themselves. This online training course discusses the responsibilities and ethics involved with controlling fraudulent activity. When it comes to employee training content, few are as valuable as controlling fraud.

What You'll Learn

  • Apply proactive fraud control strategies to protect your organization from fraudulent activity
  • Examine the responsibilities and ethics involved in controlling fraud, including the CFA Institute's Code of Ethics Checklist
  • Understand the role of whistleblowers in detecting and reporting fraud
  • Conduct fraud risk assessment, management, and oversight using anti-fraud controls and detection methods
  • Use data analysis and software to find patterns and perform automated fraud detection
  • Analyze a real-world fraud case study based on Toshiba Corporation

Key Takeaways

  • Acting with good intentions is not always enough to control fraudulent activity, so organizations need to be proactive with their fraud control strategies.
  • Controlling fraud involves specific responsibilities and ethics, supported by tools such as the CFA Institute's Code of Ethics Checklist.
  • Fraud control includes risk oversight and ownership, risk assessment and management, and anti-fraud controls and detection.
  • Data analysis, pattern finding, and data analysis software support automated fraud detection.
  • Controlling fraud is among the most valuable topics for employee training content.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Controlling Fraud course cover?

The course discusses the responsibilities and ethics involved with controlling fraudulent activity, including whistleblowers, the CFA Institute's Code of Ethics Checklist, a Toshiba Corporation case study, fraud risk oversight and ownership, fraud risk assessment and management, anti-fraud controls and detection, data analysis, finding patterns, data analysis software, and basic steps for automated fraud detection.

Why is controlling fraud important for organizations?

Acting with good intentions isn't always enough to control fraudulent activity. In most instances, organizations need to be proactive with their fraud control strategies and work to protect themselves.

What skills does this course help build?

The course supports skills in compliance training, corrective action training, fraud investigation, fraud and abuse control information systems, fraud prevention and detection, and mitigating control.

Is this course suitable for employee training?

Yes. The course is online training, and when it comes to employee training content, few topics are as valuable as controlling fraud.