Fraud 2002
What All Auditors Must Know!

May 23, 2002

Presented by
Courtenay M. Thompson, Jr.

Schedule:

8:00am to 8:30am - Seminar Registration
8:30am to 11:30am - Fraud 2002 – Morning Session
11:30am to 12:00 noon - Lunch Registration
12:00pm to 1:15pm - Lunch – “Lessons From Major Fraud Cases”
1:30pm to 4:30pm - Fraud 2002 – Afternoon Session

Registration: CLOSED

If you would like to attend the Lunch Meeting only, use this On-line Registration.

Cost: $25 for IIA members. Not a member? Become one!

Location: CityPlace Conference Center

Continuing Education: 8 Hours

Seminar:

As we enter the 21st century, fraud is alive and well. Auditors and managers are being challenged as never before to provide the leadership, techniques and technology to keep fraud to a minimum.

This course explores the current fraud-related challenges facing auditors and their organizations and provides practical proven solutions to real problems. The program will be highly participative. Attendees will have the opportunity to share their questions and greatest fraud-related concerns, and share their own proven techniques and ideas.

Fraud – What all auditors must know!

• Get executive commitment. Changing executive belief, defining management responsibility for detection, a model fraud initiative.
• Fraud implications of the changing business environment. Explore the quality movement, empowerment, globalization, restructuring, reengineering, downsizing, markets and distribution methods, technology, the current computerized business environment, the Internet, cost pressures, relying on outsourcing, marketing fraud, and diversity of experience and values.
• Lessons from recent major cases. Examine the lessons for auditors and management, and learn how to protect your organization.
• What is new in fraud! Explore technology, cellular and toll fraud, credit card fraud, counterfeiting, investments, fraud by vendors and contractors. What new exposures do you have?
• Fraud-related best practices. Learn what other organizations are doing, and share your own effective practices.
• Mistakes to be avoided. Examine the mistakes and practices that have cost auditors and their organizations dearly.
• Practical approaches to fraud-related controls. Discover how some departments have been able to encourage management responsiveness and accountability. Learn ten reasons controls breakdown and what auditors can do to promote control conscious management.
• More effective detection. Learn specific techniques for building detection into routine audits, monitoring for fraud, and using computer retrievals for detection.
• Bring your current concerns and questions.

About Mr. Thompson:

Mr. Thompson is a recognized authority on training managers, auditors and investigators in fraud-related matters. Since 1981 he has designed and presented courses on fraud prevention, detection and investigation for business and government organizations worldwide. His courses are known for providing practical, proven approaches to real problems. These practical approaches have yielded dramatic results for class attendees.

In addition to providing training on fraud-related matters, Mr. Thompson provides training on behavior and communication skills and internal auditing. He is the co-developer with R. L. Townsend, of a series of courses on audit and control of construction costs. He is also co-developer with Richard Stohl of a series of courses on audit and control of health benefits administration. Mr. Thompson is currently editor of "Fraud Findings" in The Internal Auditor magazine.

Mr. Thompson's experience prior to entering the consulting field includes public accounting with a Big 5 CPA firm, audit supervisor for consumer financial services for a large retailer, and director of auditing for a life insurance company. His career in public accounting and internal auditing provided exposure to a number of types of impropriety including embezzlement, insurance fraud, loan fraud, stock fraud, kickbacks and bribery, misappropriation of funds and mail fraud.

In addition to personally detecting and investigating suspected fraud cases; he established corporate policies for fraud and trained other auditors in fraud detection and investigation. Responsibilities included working with top management and reporting to the audit committee on the status of open cases. He has worked closely with legal counsel, law enforcement and prosecutors.

Courtenay Thompson received his BBA and MBA degrees from Southern Methodist University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc., the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Online Registration is CLOSED

This seminar will be held at CityPlace Conference Center, 2711 North Haskell at Central Expressway in Dallas.

The DART light rail station at CityPlace serves both the RED and BLUE lines. Check for schedules, routes and fare information at  http://www.dart.org/default.asp.