This course takes a theoretical and practical focus on the detection, investigation and prevention of financial statement (management) fraud and occupational (employee) fraud including embezzlement, white-collar crime, and corruption. Topics include the evaluation of internal control systems, fraud investigation methods, accounting systems and cycles, the detection of fraud, accounting principles, fraudulent financial statement schemes, and auditor-fraud examiner responsibilities. The course also reviews the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Statement on Auditing Standards No. 99 as it represents critically important fraud-related legislation and directives. The ultimate purpose of this course is to make students aware of how fraudulent activities are committed and the methods that can be utilized in preventing and detecting them.
- Prerequisites: ACCT 202
- Credits: 3
- Offered: On occasion.