Fraud Examination

Recent scandals at Enron, WorldCom and other global corporations have rapidly expanded the career opportunities for fraud examination, also known as forensic accounting. This text introduces students to the problem of fraud, its investigation and prevention. Chapter subjects include conversion investigation methods, fraud reports, financial statement frauds, and legal follow-up. Each chapter includes a list of key terms, questions and cases. This second edition adds or expands discussions about the use of data analysis to detect fraud, and consumer and tax fraud. The appendix reprints financial statement fraud standards. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Albrecht (Brigham Young U.) presents an introductory textbook to forensic accounting (also known as fraud examination). He introduces the topic with discussions of the nature of fraud, fraud perpetrators and their motivations, and an overview of the different methods used to fight fraud. Following chapters look at fraud prevention, detection, and investigation. Finally, the various types of fraud are explored in greater depth. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

W. Steve Albrecht is the Andersen Alumni Professor of Accountancy in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. He has done extensive research on business fraud and ethics, resulting in the publication of more than 100 articles in professional and academic journals, several awards, and having one of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners headquarters named after him. He received a bachelor's degree in accounting from BYU and MBA and PhD degrees from the University of Wisconsin. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and Certified Fraud Examiner. Dr. Albrecht has consulted with numerous organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, the United Nations, FBI, and other organizations, and has been an expert witness in over 35 major fraud cases.

Conan C. Albrecht, associate professor of Information Systems at Brigham Young University teaches enterprise development, middleware, and business programming. Albrecht researches computer-based fraud detection techniques, e-commerce platforms, and online group dynamics. He has published several articles on fraud detection and information theory in numerous academic and professional outlets. He is currently developing an open source framework for computer-based fraud detection. The core of this research is detectlets, which encodes background and detection information for specific fraud schemes. He hopes the system will eventually serve as the foundation of a large, online repository of detectlets about all types of fraud in the next few years.

Chad O. Albrecht, assistant professor at Utah State University, received his Ph.D. from ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain, and currently teaches forensic accounting and ethics. His research focuses on international fraud and corruption from a humanistic perspective. His research articles have appeared in numerous journals and have been quoted in multiple news outlets. Previous to his doctoral studies, Dr. Albrecht worked as a licensed stockbroker for the Bank of Montreal. He currently serves as associate editor of Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, a peer-review journal by Emerald Publishing.