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Dates and location
Pricing
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Description
Organizations must respond in an appropriate way to allegations and suspicions about fraud and related inappropriate conduct. A “knee-jerk” reaction can lead to many negative consequences; consequently, a rational reaction plan is critical. This course will provide best practices for conducting an organized financial investigation.
This course provides participants with an understanding of fraud and a basic understanding of the best practices process for conducting a fraud investigation. It will assist participants through the many challenges that companies face in such matters and will provide “real life” examples of fraud, integrating a complex financial investigation case while examining the potential phases of such an investigation.
There is some limited overlap between this course and the Fraud Risk Management seminar, which describes the five major principles of fraud risk management as organized by COSO. This course goes into much more detail about relevant investigative and legal tools and techniques for performing financial investigations.
Participants should possess a basic understanding of, or experience in, financing transactions.
TOPICS INCLUDE
- Introduction to fraud/fraud indicators
- Planning an investigation
- Interviewing basics
- Investigative research
- Digital forensics
- Legal tools and remedies
- Landmark fraud cases
NOTE: No updates or changes were made to the 2023 version of this course. If you completed the course in 2022, please be advised the 2023 course material has not changed. If you have any questions, please contact pdevents@cpaontario.ca.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Describe what fraud is and why it poses a risk to every organization.
- Identify potential indicators of fraud.
- Describe the process for planning and conducting a financial investigation.
WHO WILL BENEFIT
- Members in industry who require knowledge of the complexities involved with planning and conducting a financial investigation.
- Members in public practice will also benefit as participants will understand the importance of complying with the CPA Canada Standard Practices for Investigative and Forensic Accounting Engagements.
How to Access The Course
To access the course please visit our BlackBoard site, and log-in using the same login and password used for the Registration Portal.
Please allow up to 15 minutes after registration for the course to appear on your BlackBoard page.
Registration, cancellation, withdrawal and all other CPA Ontario PD policies can be found here.