Profiling The Fraudster - Simon Padgett

Profiling The Fraudster

Removing the Mask to Prevent and Detect Fraud

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Buch | Hardcover
272 Seiten
2014
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-118-87104-1 (ISBN)
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Helps you detect and combat corporate fraud with new profiling techniques. This book shows you how to recognize the characteristics and behavioral patterns of potential fraudsters who are entrusted with safeguarding corporate assets. It offers a detailed look at profiling potential perpetrators of fraud.
Detect and combat corporate fraud with new profiling techniques
Profiling the Fraudster: Removing the Mask to Prevent and Detect Fraud takes a step–by–step approach beyond the Fraud Triangle to identify characteristics in potential fraudsters, employees and new hires that will sound alarm bells before they get their hands on your organization′s assets. The typical organization loses a staggering 5% of its annual revenue to fraud. Traditional fraud investigations focus on the breakdown of internal controls but what happens when the human beings forming a key component of that chain of control are inherently dishonest? This book shows you how to recognize the characteristics and behavioral patterns of potential fraudsters who are entrusted with safeguarding corporate assets. The book includes:




An in–depth look at fraud investigation techniques and how these can be enhanced by using the characteristics of fraudulent behavior,
A detailed look at profiling potential perpetrators of fraud,
A detailed breakdown of how to compile a fraud profile,
A discussion of a wide range of organizational fraud, including abuse of power, embezzlement, computer fraud, expense abuse, and more,
Tables, illustrations, and diagrams to enhance the narrative


If you′re a corporate fraud investigator, auditor, forensic accountant, law enforcement professional, or anyone challenged with safeguarding your organizations assets Profiling the Fraudster shows you how to remove the mask and prevent and detect fraud.

SIMON PADGETT is an ACCA–qualified forensic accountant with over 18 years of experience in fighting fraud and corruption. He has held senior–level auditing positions in the United Kingdom, South Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Canada. Simon is the past vice president of the United Arab Emirates Association of Certified Fraud Examiners chapter.

Preface xiii


Acknowledgments xix


PART I: OCCUPATIONAL FRAUD AND CORRUPTION


Chapter 1: Introduction to Occupational Fraud and Corruption and Recent Trends 3


Deception through Breaching Trust 4


Global Trends in Occupational Fraud 4


The Cost of Occupational Fraud and Corruption 6


Types of Occupational Fraud 8


Early Fraud 10


The Fight against Fraud 12


Profiling as a Solution 13


Chapter 2: Types of Occupational Fraud and Corruption 15


A Myriad of Fraud Schemes 16


Cybercrime 17


Chapter 3: What Is Fraud and More Specifically Occupational Fraud? 21


The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Definition 22


The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Definition 23


Statement of Auditing Standard No. 99 Definition 23


The Institute of Internal Auditors Definition 24


Duration of Fraud Schemes 25


Chapter 4: Corruption 27


The Geography of Corruption 28


The Fight against Corruption 31


Corruption and the Public Purse 33


Cultural and Legal Influences on Corruption 34


Chapter 5: Normative Crime Analysis and Investigative Psychology 37


Fraud Is Not a Norm 37


Investigative Psychology 40


Chapter 6: The Fraud Triangle Becomes the Fraud Diamond: A Journey through the Theory 43


The Fraud Triangle 44


Fraud Risk 45


The Theory Shaping Early Fraud Profiling 45


PART II: PROFILING THE FRAUDSTER


Chapter 7: Using Profiling in the Fight against Crime and Occupational Fraud 53


The Mind of Adolf Hitler 53


Development of the Psychology 55


Modeling 57


Modeling in Fraud Detection 59


Chapter 8: Criminal and Fraud Offender Profiling 61


The Criminal Mind–Set 61


Investigative Psychology 64


Fraud Offender Profiling 64


Profiling Challenges 67


Chapter 9: Behavioral Warning Signs or Red Flags 71


How Red Flags Help Us Discover Fraud 73


Management Red Flags 73


Changes in Employee Behavior Representing Red Flags 74


Fraudsters Living beyond Their Means Exhibit Key Red Flags 74


Red Flags in the Accounting System 76


Behavioral Characteristics as Red Flags to Fraud 78


Chapter 10: Motivation and Opportunity as Key Indicators 85


The Motivation 85


The Opportunity 92


Chapter 11: Profiling Individual Behavior and Characteristics of a Fraudster 95


Perpetrator s Gender 97


Perpetrator s Age 99


Perpetrator s Tenure 101


Perpetrator s Education Level 104


Behavioral Red Flags Based on Perpetrator s Position 109


Behavioral Red Flags Based on Scheme Type 109


Behavioral Red Flags Based on Department 110


Chapter 12: Profiling the Fraudster s Position and Department 113


Perpetrator s Position 114


Perpetrator s Department 117


Chapter 13: Profiling the Fraud Methodology or Modus Operandi 123


Collusion 124


Position of Employment Creates the Opportunity 126


Many Ways to Defraud an Organization 128


Chapter 14: Profiling the Victim Organization and Its Geography 133


Fraud Victim Organizations by Geographic Location 134


Corruption Cases by Region 136


Types of Fraud Victim Organizations 136


Size of Fraud Victim Organizations 136


Methods of Fraud in Small Businesses 138


Industry of Fraud Victim Organizations 140


Corruption Cases by Industry 142


Chapter 15: Profiling the Consequences 147


Legal Proceedings and Loss Recovery 148


Losses Recovered 149


An Often Unconsidered Consequence 151


Chapter 16: Using Case Studies for Profiling Fraudsters 153


Why Reinvent the Wheel? 154


Some High–Profile Fraud Cases 155


Chapter 17: The Use of Offender Profiling in Forensic Investigations 165


Collation of Information 165


Fraud Crime Intelligence 166


Intelligence–Led Investigating 168


The Value of Offender Profiling 168


Improved Internal Controls 170


PART III: BUILDING A FRAUD PROFILING METHODOLOGY FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION


Chapter 18: Profiling as Part of Your Sound Antifraud Program 175


Antifraud Controls at Victim Organizations 176


Antifraud Controls in Small Businesses 178


Antifraud Controls by Region 179


Effectiveness of Controls 179


Control Weaknesses That Contributed to Fraud 181


Types of Offender Profiling 186


Chapter 19: Information Sources and the Role of Data Mining 189


Forensic Profiling and the Use of Data Mining 190


Supervised and Unsupervised Learning 192


Privacy and Ethical Concerns Surrounding Data Mining 193


Contributing to the Profiling Mechanism 193


Chapter 20: Fraud Profiling Your Organization 197


Personal Particulars of the Offender 198


Obtaining Modus Operandi Information 198


Determine the Motive of the Offender 199


Opportunity 201


Red Flags 203


Lifestyle Change 203


Chapter 21: The Process of Developing a Fraud Profile 205


Development of a Fraud Risk Assessment 206


Development of the Fraud Profile 213


Development of a Fraud Detection Net 216


Chapter 22: The Role of the HR Recruitment Process in Profiling 223


Perpetrator s Criminal History 224


Perpetrator s Employment History 224


Controlling Human Risk 225


Effective Human Performance 226


HR Departments Closing the Door on Fraud 226


The Curriculum Vitae: Fact or Fiction? 227


Bibliography 231


About the Author 237


About the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse 239


Index 243

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.2.2015
Reihe/Serie Wiley Corporate F&A
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 157 x 236 mm
Gewicht 458 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Finanzierung
ISBN-10 1-118-87104-9 / 1118871049
ISBN-13 978-1-118-87104-1 / 9781118871041
Zustand Neuware
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