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Larry C. Adams, CPA
Certified Public Accountant
Certified Fraud Examiner
Phoenix, Arizona USA
E-mail:
fraudwritr@aol.com
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Noteworthy News
Archive
2007 July - September
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September 19, 2007 Wednesday
Benford's Law - A
Practical Fraud Detection Tool
Guest
speaker: Dr. Ted Cooke, Assistant General
Manager of Financial and Information Technologies, Central Arizona
Project. Monthly meeting of the Arizona Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners
(www.cfe-arizona.org).
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August 29, 2007, Wednesday
Fraud in Public Procurement
 Guest
speaker: Larry C. Adams, CPA, CFE, CIA, CISA. U.S. organizations
lost an estimated $652 billion to fraud in 2006. Procurement fraud is the
most commonly reported form of asset misappropriation in government
organizations. Learn what you can do about fraud before and after you
discover it. What are the symptoms of fraud and the profiles of fraud
perpetrators? What are some recent procurement fraud and corruption
schemes? How can your organization improve internal controls to deter and
detect fraud? How can your organization develop an effective fraud
response team?
Fall 2007 Career Seminar and Luncheon presented by the Arizona State
Capitol Chapter of the National Institute of Government Purchasing (NIGP)
(www.aznigp.org). Holiday Inn, 1600 South Country Club Drive (US 60),
Mesa, Arizona. 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
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August 9, 2007, Thursday
The Law of Empowerment: The Twelfth
Law of Leadership
Guest speaker: Larry
C. Adams, CPA, CFE, CIA, CISA.
 Compare the
contrasting management styles of Henry Ford, Robert S. McNamara, and Oprah
Winfrey. Learn about the barriers to and benefits from empowering
employees. A special presentation for the managers and supervisors of the
General Accounting Office of the Arizona Department of Administration. One
hour of Continuing Professional Education.
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July 5, 2007
 Similar
to baseball, a prime bank fraudster uses a backstop to prevent wild
pitches from traveling out of the playing field,
and allows the game to continue.
Read the Fraud In Other Words
article for July 2007 by Larry
C. Adams, CPA, CFE, CIA, CISA. The topics are Adduce, Backstop, OLAF,
Round-tripping, Stonewall, Up to Snuff, and Vishing. This article on fraud terminology is featured in
Fraud Magazine, the
Journal of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
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