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Fighting fraud [electronic resource] : how to establish and manage an anti-fraud program / Gerald L. Kovacich.
ISBN:
9780080550985
Title:
Fighting fraud [electronic resource] : how to establish and manage an anti-fraud program / Gerald L. Kovacich.
Author:
Kovacich, Gerald L.
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Publication Information:
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, ©2008.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxvii, 329 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Quotation -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and Premise -- SECTION I: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF FRAUD -- Chapter 1: The New-Old Global Business Environment -- INTRODUCTION -- GLOBALIZATION OF BUSINESS -- BENEFITS TO NATION-STATES -- EXPANSION OF THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE AND THEIR AREAS OF OPERATIONS -- TYPES OF CORPORATIONS -- CORPORATE OWNERS AND LOCATIONS -- CORPORATE PRODUCTS -- THE HIGH-TECHNOLOGY FACTOR -- NANOTECHNOLOGY -- HIGH-TECHNOLOGY-RELATED FRAUDS AND OTHER CRIMES -- ADVENT OF THE SUPERHIGHWAYS -- THE IMPACT OF SUPERHIGHWAYS ON FRAUDS AND OTHER CRIMES -- A SHORT HISTORY OF FRAUDS AND OTHER CRIMES VIA THE I-WAY -- SUPERHIGHWAY FRAUDS AND OTHER CRIMES TO I-WAY ROBBERIES -- I-WAY ROBBERY -- ITS PREVALENCE -- THERE IS NO I-WAY PATROL TO STOP I-WAY ROBBERS -- GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY VIA THE I-WAY = GLOBAL EXPOSURE TO ATTACKS BY FRAUD-THREAT AGENTS AND OTHER MISCREANTS -- CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT -- CHALLENGES TO SECURITY PROFESSIONALS AND OTHERS -- CASE STUDY 1 -- CASE STUDY 2 -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 2: Corporate Assets, Frauds, and Other Terms -- What Are They? -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINITION OF GENERAL FRAUD -- SPECIFIC FRAUD DEFINITIONS -- CORPORATE ASSETS -- OTHER TERMS AND DEFINITIONS -- CASE STUDY -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 3: Fraud-Related Laws -- INTRODUCTION -- SOME U.S. FEDERAL FRAUD-RELATED LAWS -- RELEVANT CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS FOR FRAUD IN THE UNITED STATES -- A FEW EXAMPLES OF U.S. FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF FRAUD-RELATED LAWS, APPROACH AND ACTIONS -- MAIL FRAUD STATUTES (CONDENSED AND PARAPHRASED) -- MONEY LAUNDERING -- FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FRAUD (BANK FRAUD) -- CIVIL LITIGATION -- U.S. TREASURY COLLECTION -- SECURITIES VIOLATIONS -- ROLE OF PHONE COMPANIES -- EUROPEAN FRAUD-RELATED LAWS -- EU FIGHT AGAINST FRAUDS -- ASIA AND FIGHTING FRAUD -- CASE STUDY -- "BLOWING THE WHISTLE" ON DEFRAUDERS CAN BE DANGEROUS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 4: Corporations Don't Commit Frauds; People Do -- INTRODUCTION -- ARE DEFRAUDERS A PRODUCT OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT, OR IS IT IN THEIR GENES? -- SOME CRIMINOLOGY THEORIES -- FRAUD-THREAT AGENTS -- HUMAN ERRORS -- ACCIDENTS -- MAN-MADE OR MALICIOUS FRAUD THREATS -- POTENTIAL FRAUD-THREAT AGENTS -- CAPABILITIES -- MOTIVATION -- ACCESS -- CATALYSTS -- INHIBITORS -- AMPLIFIERS -- FRAUD-RELATED FACTORS FOR ATTACKING SYSTEMS -- RELATIONSHIP OF THREAT ELEMENTS -- CASE STUDY -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 5: Fighting Fraud -- Whose Job Is It Anyway? -- INTRODUCTION -- ROLE OF EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT -- ROLE OF CORPORATE MANAGEMENT -- ROLE OF THE CORPORATE EMPLOYEES -- ROLE OF THE ETHICS DIRECTOR -- ROLE OF THE AUDITOR -- ROLE OF THE FRAUD EXAMINER -- ROLE OF THE CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER (CSO) -- WHY THE CORPORATE SECURITY PROFESSIONAL? -- CASE STUDY -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 6: Where There Is a Will There Is a Way -- Fraud Schemes -- INTRODUCTION -- TYPES OF FRAUD SCHEMES -- FINANCIAL -- CREDIT CAR.
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Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, ©2008.