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2024 Focus on Fraud ON DEMAND

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1.0 Credits

Member Price $58.00

Non-Member Price $67.00

Overview

Fraud is always a pervasive risk and can create serious issues in financial reporting. By studying fraud case, the practitioner can become aware of patterns which will help to identify fraud. In this course, Jeff looks at Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes along with why you may not want to commit fraud in certain countries as well as the final chapter for FTX.

Highlights

Fraud.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

CPAs and auditing professionals.

Objectives

Define fraud as it relates to auditing and accounting. Describe the types of fraud. Describe the fraud triangle. Describe examples of fraud. Describe the fraud that happened at Theranos. Describe what happened to Truong My Lan. Describe the final chapter of FTX.

Preparation

None.

Notice

None.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Jeff Sailor, Western CPE

Jeff Sailor, CPA, received a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Florida. Upon graduation, he joined the auditing staff at Peat Marwick in Jacksonville, Florida, where he worked on a large number of national accounts. Jeff has managed his own accounting firm in Ocala, Florida, since 1984. During that time, he has also developed unique auditing approaches and auditing software.

Since 1992, Jeff has been teaching accounting and auditing courses he developed to combat traditional “boring CPE.” Using a variety of creative teaching methods sprinkled with humorous video spoofs, Jeff is able to combine his in-depth accounting insights with humor in high-energy presentations. He’s also adept at presenting complex topics in a very practical, easy-to-understand manner, thus earning him rave reviews for more than 20 years. Jeff currently presents seminars, webcasts, and in-house instruction for Western CPE. He’s also a featured speaker at national conferences as well as at state and regional meetings.

For more than 10 years, Jeff has served as an AICPA peer reviewer, focusing on small firms and sole practitioners. He also served on the Resource Committee for the Private Company Financial Reporting Committee (PCFRC). Jeff has spoken at two NASBA national conferences on how to make education more engaging for practitioners.

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Non-Member Price $67.00

Member Price $58.00