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Employee Fraud: The Misappropriation of Assets

Fighting employee fraud and all the various schemes that can be directed at a company's assets involves planning, management, controls, policy, and much more. Fighting fraud, like fighting any loss, calls for prevention as the first step and the preferred tactic. Forensic accountants need to understand characteristics and motivations for the employee fraud schemes so they can apply their knowledge, skills, and abilities to combat them.

Employee Fraud: The Misappropriation of Assets focuses on preventing fraud and detecting fraudulent actions in all types of organizations.

It reviews:

• Traits of employee fraud schemes and schemers
• Types of misappropriations
• Employee fraud detection programs
• Company fraud prevention, detection, and mitigation measures
• Not-for-Profit Entities as special fraud targets
• Fraud in federal, state, and local governments
• When to call in professionals