Course Description
This course highlights the critical elements of a fraud investigation.
You will learn about the latest scientific research on dishonesty as well as how to incorporate these findings into your internal control system. You will be able to practice, refine and evaluate necessary skills to get the most information possible out of victim as well as suspect interviews. In these interactive sessions, you will also test your abilities to detect deception, discuss the latest scientific research concerning the reliability of detecting deception through someone’s non-verbal behaviors, and learn how to apply certain social psychological behaviors that could improve your chances of detecting deception in interviews. Moreover, you will learn how confirmation bias permeates decision-making as well as how to take steps to avoid the nefarious effects it causes.
Real-life Fraud cases are presented for discussions and participants’ interaction.
Who Should Attend
All Personnel Engaged in Fraud Investigations, Internal and External Auditors, Fraud Examiners, Risk Managers, Compliance Specialists, Accountants, Financial Analysts, and Lawyers.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, the participants will be able to:
- Explain how people are able to rationalize fraudulent behavior.
- Develop internal controls that proactively address the fraud triangle prongs of motivation and rationalization.
- Discuss the impact of morality on dishonesty.
- Assess the impact of organizational culture on fraud.
- Evaluate methods to create social norms as part of an internal control structure designed to prevent fraud.
- Compare/Contrast the Reid method, the PEACE method, and the cognitive load interviewing methods.
- Discuss the value of statement analysis.
- Evaluate the best approach to interviewing certain individuals.
- Compare/contrast open-ended questions and closed-ended questions.
- Determine ways to prepare for interviews of suspects and witnesses.
- Document confessions and witness statements.
- Develop methods to improve focus.
- Define emotional leakage.
- Determine best practices to detect deception in the interview process.
- Implement the rule of reciprocity in interview sessions.
- Create methods to leverage the consistency principle in interviews.
- Define and evaluate how confirmation bias affects decision-making.
- Assess the impact of framing on decision-making errors.
- Compare and contrast how the consistency theory affects decision-making as it relates to confirmation bias.
NASBA Sponsor
Governance Dynamics is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.
Additional Information
Registration and Attendance Requirements: Click the “Buy Now” button to register for the Fraud Investigation & Interviewing Skills Course. In order to be awarded the full credits, you must respond to at least three polling or live questions every 50 minutes.
- Instructional Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
- Program Level: Advanced
- Prerequisites: Basic Fraud Prevention & Detection
- Advanced Preparation: None
For more information regarding refund, complaint, and program cancellation policies, please contact the training department at [email protected].
Details
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Price
$960
- Date Nov 21-22, 2023
- Duration 2 Days
- Location Online
- Program Level Advanced
- CPE Credit 8 CPEs
- Certificate of Attendance
- KSA Time 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- UAE Time 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Bilal Sidani
Training Advisor
Tamara Lawand
Training Advisor
Course Outline
- Why People Lie
- Learn about the latest scientific research on dishonesty.
- Learn how to incorporate these findings into your internal control system.
- Basic Interviewing Skills for Financial Investigators
- Practice, refine and evaluate necessary skills to get the most information possible out of victim and suspect interviews.
- Detecting Deception: The Body Tells A Story, But The Chances of Reading It Accurately Are Problematic?
- Test your ability to detect deception.
- Discuss the latest scientific research concerning the reliability of detecting deception through someone’s non-verbal behaviors.
- Learn how to apply certain social psychological behaviors that could improve your chances of detecting deception in interviews.
- Seeing What You Want To See: How Confirmation Bias Affects Ethics
- Learn how confirmation bias permeates our decision-making
- How to take steps to avoid the nefarious effects it causes
- Questions & Answers
