The other day I was at a client site assisting them with building their global antifraud program. While there, I realized they did not have a process for back-up related to employees who travelled. They had a robust system-level process for backing up desktops and laptops while they were actively connected to their network. However, there was no process in place (manual or otherwise) to back-up the data on employee’s laptops when they were travelling and thus not connected to the organization’s network. Many of the thousands of people who travelled would be in the field (yes, sometimes an actual field near a tiny village in the jungle) for weeks… Read More
Continue ReadingCell Phone Forensics
Your company can benefit from the new technology advances in cell phone forensics. Watch this short video for just a few of the ways cell phone forensics can help you with your fraud management program.
Continue ReadingFraudCast – Background Checks with Rachid Zahidi
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNn42gM8CG4] (Video 15:14) YouTube link Welcome to FraudCast, your destination for fraud management. Today we are talking with Rachid Zahidi, CEO of Sentinel Screenings, about background checks and also about his book “The Business Immunity System: The Pitfalls and Side Effects of Data Handling, Privacy Issues, and Background Checks.” (www.sbchecks.com and www.sentinelscreening.com) If you would like to be a guest speaker on FraudCast, please submit your request here.
Continue ReadingFraudCast Intro
[youtube https://youtu.be/BNpbY6OXv9M] Welcome to FraudCast, your destination for fraud management. Do you have fraud-related expertise that you would like to showcase on Fraud Doctor? Are you a subject matter expert (SME) in your field? If so, join us in educating fellow fraud fighters. We are now accepting submissions for potential interviews in our video podcast series.
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Litigation Support Services
Ranger Protective Services and Fraud Doctor have partnered to bring you the following litigation support services: Link Analysis An entire case is presented in a picture that is easy for a jury to understand. (Sample Link Analysis) Fraud Risk Assessment Personalized Statistical Fraud Risk Report Service The objective of the report is to provide a tool for the client to adequately create a strategy to mitigate, avoid, accept, or transfer fraud risk where they can: understand the risk by department & scheme, prioritize antifraud efforts, quantify impact & likelihood for COSO ERM, & benchmark for Key Risk Indicators (KRIs). (Sample Personalized Statistical Fraud Risk Report) (Order Here) Ratio Red Flags… Read More
Continue ReadingCall for Subject Matter Experts
[youtube https://youtu.be/BNpbY6OXv9M]Do you have fraud-related expertise that you would like to showcase on Fraud Doctor? Are you a subject matter expert (SME) in your field? If so, join us in educating fellow fraud fighters. We are now accepting submissions for potential interviews in our video podcast series. The short interview will take place via Skype at your convenience in the comfort of your home or office. Simply complete the form below to get started today! Also see: Helpful Speaker Tips for step by step instructions about the interview process. To see our latest report service go to: Personalized Statistical Fraud Risk Report
Continue ReadingNew Benford’s Law Model
We have developed a new model for Benford’s Law analysis. You can analyze naturally occurring numbers (e.g. transaction level data) to see if the actual distributions conform to Benford’s Law. Under certain conditions, deviations from Benford’s could indicate the possibility of human manipulation, i.e. fraud. Therefore, those results would require additional scrutiny. This analysis provides a direction of inquiry. This is a model for Benford’s Law analysis built in MS Excel which calculates graphical and tabular results for the following tests:
Continue ReadingTraining in Tanzania, Africa
I had the pleasure of teaching a three and a half day antifraud seminar at the Serena resort in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa. Participants included C-Suite, management from Legal, Banking Services, Internal Controls, and Global Corporate Audit departments from many countries across the continent. Topics included:
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ACFE Endorses My Fraud Books
Both of my books on fraud are now available at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE.com) website in the bookstore. ACFE membership discounts available.
Continue ReadingThe World of a Woman Investigator (Part II)
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Samantha Schuster of The Outsider Argentina. Part two of the interview has been released.
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