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Larry C. Adams, CPA
Phoenix, Arizona USA
Certified Public Accountant
Certified Fraud Examiner
E-mail
fraudwritr@aol.com
Telephone (602) 995-8008
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Noteworthy News
Archive
2005 Apr - Jun
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06/21/2005 Tuesday:
Is Your Organization the Victim
of Fraud
or the Perpetrator?
 Guest
speaker: Larry C. Adams, CPA, CFE, CIA, CISA. Companies often are the victims of
fraud schemes, which can take big chunks out of their bottom lines. Fraud
losses can exceed their net profit. Managers and auditors need to
consider that this is not a local problem – it is a worldwide problem.
People are not as honest as you believe. Some companies perpetrate fraud
and are less than honest with investors, customers, vendors, and employees. At
a Business Week conference, 67% of the chief financial officers admitted
they had been asked to falsify financial records. Using cases from
colonial America to today’s wireless world, we’ll have fun finding out how
easily you can be duped, in spite of your intuition and knowledge.
This will be a joint meeting of the
Institute
of
Management Accountants (IMA), AZ Valley of the Sun
Chapter and the
Phoenix Chapter of APICS,
the Association for Operations Management. The dinner meeting is at the Radisson Phoenix Airport North Hotel, 427 North 44th Street, Phoenix, Arizona. 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Make reservations
online or phone Marcey
Mende (602) 896-4740.
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June 2005 Web page updates:
Fraud In Other Movies "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"
added.
Fraud
Examination
Courses and
Degrees Offered by Universities. Utica College links to fraud courses
updated. American Public University added
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06/16/2005 Thursday:
Cyber Security Seminar
"Malware and How to Protect Customers" Guest speaker: Jim Lippard,
Director of Information Security for Global Crossing. "Phishing and
other Online Scams" Guest speaker: Chris Pierson, JD,
Associate in Lewis and Roca's Intellectual Property and Technology Group.
Free public meeting sponsored by the
Arizona
Telecommunications & Information Council (ATIC). 2:00 PM - 4:00
PM. Location: Lewis and Roca LLP, Renaissance Two Building, 40 North
Central Avenue, Suite 1900, Phoenix, Arizona. The seminar is available by
teleconference also.
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06/16/ 2005 Thursday
Overseas Due Diligence: A Survival Guide
to protect yourself and your firm in overseas business activities.
Course outline. Course leaders: Richard Palmer and Michele
Palmer. Sponsored by Cachet
International, Inc. 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM. Phoenician Resort, Las Brisas
Room, 6000 East Camelback Road, Scottsdale, Arizona. For reservations call
(602) 912-5730 by June 10.
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06/07/2005 Tuesday:
ACFE President Speaks in Phoenix on Fraud
Guest speaker: Toby J. F. Bishop, CFE,
CPA, FCA, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association
of Certified Fraud Examiners. Mr. Bishop will discuss issues currently
affecting us both as fraud investigators and members of the ACFE. He will
speak on SAS 99 implementation issues and discuss potential changes;
building on fraud examination education in local colleges & universities;
and developments at the ACFE and in the fraud examination profession.
The ACFE
has over 33,000 members, sponsors more than 100 chapters worldwide and
provides anti-fraud educational materials to over
 100
universities.
A native of England, Mr. Bishop has appeared several times on television
and radio and has been an invited speaker for the National White
Collar Crime Center, the FBI, the Federation of Schools of Accountancy,
many state societies of CPAs, the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the American Bar
Association. Meeting of the
Arizona Chapter of the
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Location: Arizona Industrial Commission Building,
First floor auditorium, 800 West Washington Street, Phoenix,
Arizona.
New
times:
Sign-in and networking from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Presentation from
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Q&A from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (1 hour for CPE.)
Members: Free. Guests and college
students: Free.
Park on the top level of the garage.
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06/06/2005 - 06/08/2005 Monday - Wednesday:
IIA Fraud, Ethics & Security Conference
Uncover the latest techniques for preventing, detecting, and investigating
fraud. Explore the role of an organization’s ethics culture in the
prevention of fraud during this two-and-a-half day, three-track
conference.
Sponsored by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). The Wigwam Resort, 300
East Wigwam Boulevard, Litchfield Park, Arizona (25 miles west of Phoenix
Sky Harbor International Airport). 16 hours CPE. Cost range: $850 to
$1,250. Conference and registration
information. The opening speaker will be Toby Bishop, President
of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
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05/24/2005 Tuesday:
Trust Administration and Probate
Roundtable discussion and lunch sponsored by Morris, Hall & Kinghorn,
estate planning attorneys. Arizona State Retirement Boardroom, 10th
floor, 3300 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
(2 hours for CPE.) Cost: $25. Free if you are a first-timer. Description
and registration information at
www.morristrust.com. Or call Mimi at (602) 249-1328 ext. 123.
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05/21/2005 - 07/01/ 2005:
ASU West Offers Fraud Course in Summer and Fall
The School of Global Management and
Leadership offers a fraud examination course during the Summer
1st 5-week semester (W ACC 494 Fraud Accounting, Schedule Line Number
67380). Fraud Accounting is designed to introduce the student to the basic
concepts of fraud prevention and detection. The course will be taught
using guest speakers, video resources, and in-class assignments.
Barbara J. Muller, CPA, CFE is the Senior Lecturer for the course. The
class meets May 31 through July 1 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:00 p.m. to
5:05 p.m. in room 206 of the Sands Building. The textbook is "Fraud
Examination" by Dr. W. Steve Albrecht, CFE, CPA (July 2002 edition,
$109). Resident tuition is $621 for the 3 credit hour undergraduate
course (45 hours for CPE). ASU West is at 4701 West Thunderbird Road in
Phoenix, Arizona. Registration office (602) 543-8203. Online
registration.
Larry C. Adams, CPA, CFE, CIA, CISA, and Paul Hill,
Detective/Forensic Artist, Phoenix Police Department, have been guest
lecturers for the class at ASU West.
The Fraud Accounting class will be offered again in the evenings in the
Fall 2005 semester, August 22 - December 14. (W ACC 494 Fraud Accounting,
Schedule Line Number 33155)
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05/13/2005:
 75% of fraudulent online orders with
U.S. billing addresses are placed from overseas.
Read the Fraud In Other Words
article for May 2005.
The
topics are Geolocation, Cahoots, Finger Inking, Chinese Wall, Clue,
Dormancy Fee, and XBRL. FRAUD Magazine features this new
article by Larry C. Adams, CPA, CFE, CIA, CISA.
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05/11/2005 Wednesday:
Sonoran Desert Security Users Group (SDSUG) quarterly meeting.
Computer Network Forensics, guest speaker, Chris Wyrick, CPP,
CISSP, Computer Associates Forensics Team. Wireless Security, guest
speaker, Matt Bossom, Accuvant, Inc. Regulatory Compliance and
Enterprise Risk Management, guest speaker, Matt Alderman, CISSP,
Accuvant, Inc. The Evolution of Network Security and the Emergence of
Universal Access Gateways, guest speaker Jack Zarris, Cayman Systems. 8:00
a.m. to 4:20 p.m. Word of Grace Family Life Center, 655 East University
Drive, Mesa, Arizona. Reservations required: e-mail
hauguelj@
wellsfargo.com with the
subject line "Attending May 11th SDSUG Meeting."
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05/10/2005 Tuesday:
Mail Fraud, Package Interdiction, and
Liaison Activities of the United States Postal Inspection Service
 Guest
speakers: Virgil Moore and Lori Wignall, U.S. Postal Inspectors.
The Postal Inspection Service enforces over two hundred federal laws
covering investigations of crimes that adversely affect or fraudulently
use the U.S. Mail and postal system. Meeting of the
Arizona Chapter of the
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Arizona
Industrial Commission Building,
5th Floor Conference Room, 800 West
Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona.
Sign-in and networking from 11:30 a.m. to noon. Meeting from noon to 1:00 p.m.
(1 hour for CPE.) Members: Free. Guests: $10.
Park on the top level of the garage.
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05/05/2005:
Links Page Updates
New Publications link for
CAmagazine, Canada's leading magazine for Chartered Accountants and
financial executives. The online archive includes fraud articles.
New Publications link for
"Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering &
Anti-Terrorist Financing Requirements – A Guide for Chartered Accountants".
Free download available from The Canadian Institute of Chartered
Accountants.
New Publications link for the
Global Corruption Reports for 2005, 2004, 2003, and 2001 from
Transparency International.
New Guilty Pleasures Fraud In Other Movies
listing for "The Emperor's New Clothes."
New links page listing Self-study and
Online Fraud Courses Offered by Professional Associations.
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05/01/2005:
 Fingerprints
are unique and do not change throughout a person’s lifetime. Even
identical twins have different fingerprints.
Read a new addition to the Fraud In Other Words Magazine Article Archive. The
March 1996 topics are Jeito, Beige Box,
Qui Tam, Lemon Laundering, Dactylography (Dactyloscopy), Visible Prints,
Plastic Prints, and Latent Prints. This article by Larry C.
Adams, CPA, CFE, CIA, CISA was featured in the Arizona Fraud
Line.
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05/01/2005:
Florists are the most common
professionals involved in
 factoring.
They process credit card transactions for money launderers and keep up to
twenty-five percent of each transaction.
Read a new addition to the Fraud In Other Words Magazine Article Archive. The
January 1996 topics are Slamming,
Rainmaker, Bad Faith, Badge of Fraud, Fish Files, BK, and Factoring. This article by Larry C.
Adams, CPA, CFE, CIA, CISA was featured in the Arizona Fraud
Line.
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05/01/2005:
Manufacturers of grocery products and
office supplies use downsizing schemes and
 hope
consumers won't realize the products are more expensive.
Read a new addition to the Fraud In Other Words Magazine Article Archive. The
September 1995 topics are Downsizing,
Take to the Cleaners, Come Clean, Interpol, Three Card Monte, Weed, and
BOLO. This article by Larry C.
Adams, CPA, CFE, CIA, CISA was featured in the Arizona Fraud
Line.
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04/12/2005: 1031 Tax Free Property Exchanges: What
Are They and How Do They Work? (U.S. Internal
 Revenue Code Section
1031). Guest Speaker: Jeff Young, Senior Vice President and
Investment Advisor for First Financial Equity Corp. in Scottsdale.
Jeff is an outstanding speaker. You don't want to miss this presentation. Meeting of the
Arizona Chapter of the
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Arizona Industrial Commission Building,
5th Floor Conference Room, 800 West
Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona. Time:
11:30am – 1:00pm. Members: Free. Guests: $10.
Park on the top level of the garage.
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04/02/2005: Fraud Courses
and Degrees
New listings for SUNY Canton (State University
of New York), University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Washburn University of Topeka,
Kansas in Fraud Courses at
Universities.
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