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The Education Sector: A Growing Target for Scams
Recently, with many schools operating remotely, administrators have been bombarded with highly targeted, extremely effective email phishing attacks. Recent attacks have indicated...
Fraud Forecast for 2021
With the unexpected and unprecedented challenges of 2020, businesses and organizations have had little time to adjust to the changing circumstances. Significant...
Profiles of Women in Accounting: Mary Harris Smith
Profiles of Women in Accounting: Mary Harris Smith
In 2019, Fiona Wilkinson, the first female president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales...
Understanding the Differences between an Examination Under Oath and a Deposition
By Ronald Mund, JD, MBA
Examinations under oath (EUO) and depositions each have a distinct and important role in the claims process....
International Fraud Awareness Week
November 15-21 marks International Fraud Awareness Week 2020. International Fraud Awareness Week has been an annual campaign led by the Association of...
The Sophisticated Scams of Social Engineering
Social engineering is a form of fraud that relies on exploiting vulnerabilities in human decision-making. Rather than hacking or otherwise directly stealing,...
Forensic Accountants: Investigators and Experts
By its basic definition, forensic accounting provides expert financial investigation and perspective. As a discipline, forensic accounting is dedicated to collecting and analyzing...
How AI can Crack Down on Employee Theft
Artificial Intelligence (AI), also known as machine learning, is no longer a far-flung fixture of science fiction. While media often presents AI...
‘Tis the Season for Employee Theft
In the last two months of the year, sales boom and shoppers flood retail spaces. The holiday shopping season is critical for...
Deals and Deception on Cyber Monday
Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales have been increasing every year—to the point that these deals run for almost a full...