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An in-depth studies of real life cases, showing both what worked and also what went wrong in investigations, helping those who have to conduct investigations at work to learn what does - and doesn't work in the real time world of fraud investigation. Each chapter that covers a particular case will have a summary of comparative strengths and weaknesses, an analysis of the factors that allowed the fraud to develop and an assessment of the effectiveness of the process of detection, investigation and next steps taken by the affected organization to recover from the damage caused by the fraud.

Peter Tickner (Reading, UK) Former Director of Internal Audit, Metropolitan Police Authority, Head of Internal Audit at HM Treasury, internal auditor for the NHS. He has held positions as President of the IIA, and Chair of the Editorial Board for the IIA Journal and as senior lecture at the Civil Service Colleague. He is now a consultant and a regular speaker at IRR Fraud conferences and trains for professional organizations such as CIPFA.

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Setting The Scene	p. 1
The lessons worth learning from past mistakes	p. 3
The Nhs	p. 13
Cooking the books in NHS catering	p. 15
NHS professionals—a better class of fraudster	p. 25
Charities And Schools	p. 37
The âÇ nun on the runâÇÖ	p. 39
Charity begins at home	p. 51
UK Banking Fraud	p. 65
Robin Hood or Robbing Hood	p. 67
UK Police Internal Fraud	p. 91
The âÇ Laird of TomintoulâÇÖ— and how to get the right to graze sheep at Scotland Yard	p. 93
Corporate credit cards for cops—Part II	p. 107
Internal UK Fraud	p. 127
Curiouser and curiouser	p. 129
Government	p. 135
The men from the Ministry	p. 137
The ghost, the guardian and the Galleria—internal fraud in local authorities	p. 151
The heating contractor who was just a load of hot air	p. 161
UK Police And Military Outsourcing And Procurement	p. 169
An outsourcing nightmare	p. 171
Alarm bells should have been ringing out, loud and clear	p. 191
Fun with works and maintenance in the police and the Ministry of Defence	p. 215
US Company Fraud	p. 233
Crazy Eddie wasnâÇÖt so crazy after all	p. 235
ZZZZ Best and Barrie Minkow—saint or sinner	p. 253
Multi-National Fraudsters	p. 265
Firepower: a bitter pill to swallow	p. 267
Recent scandals in the subcontinent	p. 277
Concluding Thoughts	p. 289
Can significant frauds be nipped in the bud	p. 291
Notes	p. 297
Index	p. 301
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The Successful Frauditor's Casebook

The Successful Frauditor's Casebook

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