Your Essential Resource as an Anti-Fraud Professional. The Fraud Examiners Manual is the global standard for the anti-fraud profession. Because no other work provides such a comprehensive guide for the anti-fraud professional, every fraud fighter should keep a copy in their library. This 2,000+ page manual is divided into four main Section Financial Transactions and Fraud Describes hundreds of fraud schemes and provides information about basic accounting concepts. It also details managers and auditors responsibilities to detect fraud. Section Focuses on the statutes and common law principles involved in prosecuting fraudsters through both the criminal and civil systems, as well as legal pitfalls you may encounter while conducting an investigation. Section Provides the basic tools and techniques necessary to gather information and evidence when conducting a fraud examination and identifying perpetrators. The appendices contain a sample fraud examination report, a fraud examination checklist, and sample engagement and advisory letters. Section Fraud Prevention and Explores why people commit fraud and what can be done to prevent it. Topics covered in this section include developing corporate compliance, fraud prevention programs, fraud statistics and analyses of organizational crime and occupational fraud. Please Purchases made through Amazon do not include access to the online Fraud Examiners Manual . Access to the online Fraud Examiners Manual requires purchasing directly from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. We release a new Fraud Examiners Manual each year. You will be sent the most current version. Only the U.S. Edition of the Fraud Examiners Manual can be officially purchased through Amazon. Purchases of the International Edition should be made directly through the ACFE.
The Fraud Examiner Manual (2022 edition) is a wealth of knowledge shared by experts in the field. Informative, detailed and practical, the book provided readers with a systematic understanding of the fraud schemes, the laws, the investigation process, and the fraud prevention tools. Woven in the theory are hands-on advices of what to focus and what to avoid. Incredibly interesting for those who want to join the fraud fighting efforts or simply are curious about how fraud cases are uncovered.
A long slow slog covering a very wide range of fraud law, schemes, processes, identification and management. There was a lot to learn here, but it isn't the most fun read.