Investigating Fraud: The Critical Role of Auditors, Accountants, Compliance Officers, HR, and Fraud Examiners
Speaker: Richard Cascarino MBA, CIA, CRMA, CFE, CISM
Speaker Designation: CEO, Richard Cascarino & Associates

Speaker: Richard Cascarino MBA, CIA, CRMA, CFE, CISM
Speaker Designation: CEO, Richard Cascarino & Associates
Fraud poses a significant threat to organizations, leading to financial losses, reputational damage, and legal consequences. Detecting and investigating fraudulent activities requires a coordinated effort from multiple professionals, including auditors, accountants, compliance officers, HR personnel, and fraud examiners. Each plays a crucial role in identifying irregularities, enforcing ethical standards, and ensuring accountability.
Fraud can have devastating consequences for organizations, including financial losses, reputational harm, and legal repercussions.
This engaging webinar delves into the critical roles of auditors, accountants, compliance officers, HR professionals, and fraud examiners in detecting and investigating fraud. Participants will gain valuable insights into fraud prevention, detection, and resolution strategies, equipping them with essential skills to safeguard their organizations.
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Investigating fraud is crucial to maintaining financial integrity as auditors and accountants work to ensure transparency and detect irregularities. Compliance officers uphold legal and ethical standards, while HR professionals address internal misconduct, reinforcing workplace accountability. Fraud examiners play a key role in gathering evidence through forensic techniques. A coordinated approach among these professionals strengthens fraud prevention, detection, and resolution, ultimately safeguarding organizations from fraudulent activities.
Richard Cascarino has, for the last thirty-three years, been providing Internal Audit, Fraud Audit, IS Audit Consultancy, Risk Management, and Corporate Governance consultancy as well as Professional Development services to clients throughout the United States of America, the African region, Europe and the Middle East. These include Central Banks and Financial Institutions, some of the largest corporations, government departments, auditors general, and professional bodies in their respective countries.
Richard is a Past President of the Institute of Internal Auditors in South Africa, was the founding Regional Director of the Southern African Region of the IIA-Inc, and is a member of ISACA, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, where he was a member of the Board of Regents for Higher Education.
He is also a visiting Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, and the lead author of the book Internal Auditing - an Integrated Approach, published by Juta Publishing. In addition, he is the author of The Auditor's Guide to IT Auditing and Corporate Fraud and Internal Control: A Framework for Prevention" published by Wiley Publishing. He is also a contributor to QFINANCE – The Ultimate Resource published by Bloomsbury.