Profiling The Fraudster (eBook)

Detect and combat corporate fraud with new profilingtechniques

Profiling the Fraudster: Removing the Mask to Prevent andDetect Fraud takes a step-by-step approach beyond the FraudTriangle to identify characteristics in potential fraudsters,employees and new hires that will sound alarm bells before they gettheir hands on your organization's assets. The typical organizationloses a staggering 5% of its annual revenue to fraud. Traditionalfraud investigations focus on the breakdown of internal controlsbut what happens when the human beings forming a key component ofthat chain of control are inherently dishonest? This book shows youhow to recognize the characteristics and behavioral patterns ofpotential fraudsters who are entrusted with safeguarding corporateassets. The book includes:
* An in-depth look at fraud investigation techniques and howthese can be enhanced by using the characteristics of fraudulentbehavior,
* A detailed look at profiling potential perpetrators offraud,
* A detailed breakdown of how to compile a fraud profile,
* A discussion of a wide range of organizational fraud, includingabuse of power, embezzlement, computer fraud, expense abuse, andmore,
* Tables, illustrations, and diagrams to enhance thenarrative

If you're a corporate fraud investigator, auditor, forensicaccountant, law enforcement professional, or anyone challenged withsafeguarding your organizations assets--Profiling theFraudster shows you how to remove the mask and prevent anddetect fraud.