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2024 All About Fraud - Examples, Prevention and Auditing WEBCAST

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Member Price $129.00

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Overview

Fraud is constantly in the news. Whether its employee retention credit mills, FTX, the City of Dixon, it appears like fraud is everywhere. We’ll start this session with a review of the common fraud schemes as identified in the 2024 Report to the Nations. We’ll also review the commonalities of fraudsters. We’ll then look at methods of prevention. We’ll close with a look at the auditor’s responsibility for the consideration of fraud in AU-C 240.

Highlights

Fraud. Professional skepticism. Report to the nation. Fraud schemes. Prevention.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

Accounting professionals.

Objectives

Recall common fraud schemes. Identify preventative measures to deter fraud. Identify recent frauds in the news. Recall the data from the 2024 Report to the Nation. Identify the responsibility of the auditor with respect to fraud.

Preparation

None.

Notice

None.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Melisa Galasso, Galasso Learning Solutions LLC

4.52 stars out of 5

Melisa Galasso is the founder and CEO of Galasso Learning Solutions LLC. A CPA with over 15 years of experience in the accounting profession, Melisa designs and facilitates courses in advanced technical accounting and auditing topics, including not for profit and governmental accounting. Her passion is providing high-quality CPE that is meaningful, creates efficiencies and improves quality, and positively impacts ROI. She also supports essential professional development, audit level training, and train the trainer efforts. Melisa is a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and has earned the Association for Talent Development Master Trainer™ designation. Her passion for instructional design and adult learning techniques is one of the differentiators that set her apart from other CPE providers. She also serves on the FASB’s Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC), the AICPA’s Technical Issues Committee (TIC), has had leadership roles on various A&A committees, and serves on the VSCPA’s Board of Directors. Melisa is a 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Award recipient and was honored as a “40 under 40” by CPA Practice Advisor in 2017 and 2018. She was also named the 2019 Rising Star by her regional NAWBO chapter, received the Don Farmer award for achievement in technical content instruction, and earned several other awards for public speaking and technical training. Get real-time A&A updates and answers from Melisa Galasso via the WSCPA’s A&A Today videos on YouTube!

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Non-Member Price $159.00

Member Price $129.00