About the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface
Disclaimer
About the Companion Website
Section 1: Not-For-Profit Organizations: Four Consistent Areas of High Risk
Embezzlement: Who Does It and When
Not-For-Profit Specific Issues
Summary
The Perpetrators: Who They Are, Why They Do It, and How They Are Caught
The Embezzler’s “Window of Opportunity”
Section 2: Statement of Auditing Standard No99
“Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit”
Statement of Auditing Standard No99
“Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit”
Section 3: Essential Internal Control and Administrative Procedures to Avoid Embezzlement
The Background Check
Conditions of Employment Agreement
Conflicts of Interest
Nepotism
Whistleblowers
Noncompete Agreements
Confidentiality of Information
Bonding Issues
Signers on Bank Accounts
Two-Signature Checks
Lockbox
Positive Pay
Deposit Security and Restrictive Endorsements
Check Stock
Cash Transactions
Cash Register Issues
Insurance Committees
Computer File Backups
Check and Wire Transfer Signatures
Inventory Issues
Company Credit Cards
Lines of Credit
Bad Debt Policy
Internal Audits
Stop Payment Orders
Voiding Checks
Numbered Check Request Forms
Expense Accounts
CPA Management Letters
Random Disbursement Checks
CHECK 21
Section 4: Clever Examples of Embezzlement
Payroll Tax Deposits
Check Switching
Ghosts on the Payroll and Ghost Vendors
The Danger of Acronyms
Bank Account Reconciliations.
Wie Transfers
Postage Issues
Kiting
Manual Checks (Handwritten and Typed)
Auditing Receipts
Section 5: Steps to Take If You Have Been Victimized by Fraud
Documenting a Fraud Action Plan
Fraud Examinations and Assembling the Fraud Team
The Basics of Forensic Accounting
Section 6: Internal Control Analysis, Documentation, and Recommendations for Improvement
Internal Control Analysis, Documentation, and Recommendations for Improvement
Fraud Glossary
Index