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Fraud in the Governmental Environment

Course Description:
Fraudulent financial reporting, misappropriation of assets, bribery, abuse of power, and corruption--forensic examiners need to learn differences in the governmental environment. Course topics include:
  • corruption
  • bribery
  • abuse
  • government procurement
  • fraud schemes

Course Objectives:
At the completion of the course, a successful student will be able to:
  • Understand why the government environment is prone to fraud, waste, and abuse
  • Define corruption, bribery, extortion, and illegal gratuities
  • Be familiar with the government procurement cycle and basic appropriation law
  • Understand Best value: Tradeoff process vs. Lowest price technically acceptable
  • Describe the types of abuses that are committed at each stage of the government procurement cycle, including the competitive bidding process
  • Understand elements and indicators of Defective pricing, Product substitution, Cost mischarging, Progress payment fraud, and Price fixing

    XCPD-565-01
    Fraud in the Governmental Environment

    Fall 2009

    Location:
    Clarendon
    230

    Tuition: $600.00


    Date and Class Meeting Times:

    Class Meets:
    Tue, Thu 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

    Continuing Education Units:
    0.90 CEUs

    Faculty:
    Christopher McGrath

    Registration for this course has expired. For more information on this course and when it will be offered again, please click here to contact the program manager.

    Please Note:
    This course is required for the Certificate in Forensic Accounting.

    XCPD-565-01
    Fraud in the Governmental Environment

    Spring 2010

    Location:
    Clarendon
    230

    Tuition: $600.00


    Date and Class Meeting Times:

    Class Meets:
    Tue & Thu 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

    Continuing Education Units:
    0.90 CEUs

    Faculty:
    Christopher McGrath

    Please Note:
    This course is required for the Certificate in Forensic Accounting.

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