Corporate Crime Investigations

Corporate Crime Investigations is a reference tool for internal auditors, in-house counsel and corporate security professionals who handle crimes, torts, and breaches of contract.

The crimes involved may include employee fraud, theft, embezzlement, forgery, commercial bribery and property destruction. Breaches of ethical codes, fiduciary duties, and company policies incidental to these acts are also included. Corporate Crime Investigations also includes important information on privacy rights of the suspected individuals.

Provides comprehensive information for internal auditors, in-house counselors and corporate security professionalsContains valuable information on techniques like forensic accounting, polygraph and arrestPresents important discussions on rights to privacy

Introduction - Preventing, detecting and investigating corporate crime
A primer on corporate fraud detection
Lying, cheating and stealing - is is still the same?
A taxonomy of fraud
Checklists of fraud indicators
Fraud in, fraud out
The legal language of fraud
On the job thievery - common schemes of the working man
How to detect embezzlement
Corporate and financial fraud
The evolution of a corporate crime
Celebrated cases of corporate accounting improprieties
Investigating crimes for and against the corporation
Reporting fraud
Internal corporate compliance investigations
Financial crimes law
Sentencing guidelines - individuals
Sentencing guidelines - organisations
Internal controls and safeguards to prevent and detect fraud
Information access and control strategies
Internal corporate investigations - an outline and checklist of legal issues