Fraud

The DOJ recently released its annual report on False Claims Act enforcement, and FCA enforcement shows no signs of slowing. Bass, Berry & Sims’ Taylor Chenery, Lauren Gaffney and Anna Grizzle discuss what the report reveals. 2020 marks the 150th...

What happens when employees add a few out-of-policy expenses? If reports are reviewed manually, these items might slip right on through, but an AI solution can help flag them. Anant Kale and Josephine McCann of AppZen highlight some of the...

Management accountants are on the front lines of fraud, and their skill sets make them ideal for fraud detection and prevention. Jeff Thomson, CEO of Institute of Management Accountants, expands on how these professionals can play an integral role in...

Regulations like GDPR and PSD2 are creating an attack shift for fraudsters and alternative methods for them to create havoc. Forter’s CTO Iftah Gideoni discusses how to fight back against fraud with similarly evolving fraud prevention measures. Today, data is...

Firms can’t afford to become complacent when it comes to AML compliance. encompass corporation’s Henry Balani comments on findings form the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) annual AML report. The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Annual Report 2018/19 makes...

Financial crimes compliance has historically been solely the realm of banks and financial institutions. Sujata Dasgupta discusses how and why customers are taking a larger role in ensuring their own compliance. Financial crimes compliance (FCC) in banks has traditionally been...

Illusion or reality? Stakeholders and executives can only tell if they follow the yellow brick road of due diligence and encourage rainbow diversity throughout their organization, including the board. Join Sandy Erez in pulling back the curtain on the Theranos debacle –...

Over the last five years, the Justice Department has struggled to establish a firm set of rules and expectations surrounding corporate criminal liability. Competing factors have made the process murky, as Volkov notes here. But the stakes are high. Today's...

Despite being headquartered outside the U.S. or having a minimal connection with the U.S., non-U.S. issuers are increasingly becoming targets in securities class actions filed in the U.S. Dechert LLP’s David Kistenbroker, Joni Jacobsen and Angela Liu explain. with co-author...

Most of us have taken a business trip at least once, and many do it far more than they want. One thing all business trips have in common is travel and expense reports. But what should (and shouldn’t) we be...

According to a report by Dun & Bradstreet, compliance and procurement professionals indicate that fraud tops the list of challenges, and technological advances exacerbate the problem. Brian Alster discusses the approach compliance leaders should take to protect the organization. Compliance...

Detecting potentially fraudulent customers and transactions and projecting compelling visual insights have traditionally been a rule-based model plus BI game zone. In this era of high-velocity and voluminous data, we have gradually adopted machine learning and advanced analytics in this...