Browse Wells, Joseph T.

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Title	Type	Date	Words
What is your fraud IQ?		Dec 1, 2007	943
Stolen Without a Gun.	Book review	Dec 1, 2007	604
What is your fraud IQ? Think you can spot corruption in any of its many forms? Take this (deceptively) simple test to find out just how much you know.		May 1, 2007	860
What's your fraud IQ? Think you know enough about corruption to spot it in any of its myriad forms? Then rev up your fraud detection radar and take this (deceptively) simple test.		Jul 1, 2006	760
When the boss trumps internal controls: what a difference a hotline, a routine audit and the right reporting chain could have made.		Feb 1, 2006	1956
When you suspect fraud: who a smart business owner calls to conduct an investigation.		Jun 1, 2005	1629
Dumb and dumber: even more proof that truth is stranger than fiction.		May 1, 2005	1607
Small business, big losses: audits and hotlines stack up as the best crime busters in a new ACFE study.		Dec 1, 2004	3019
The quarter-million-dollar caper: a fraudster is nipped in the bud.		Nov 1, 2004	1459
Basis legal concepts: beware insufficient knowledge of the law.		Oct 1, 2004	1645
The case of the pilfering purchasing manager: one way to deter dishonest employees: make vacations mandatory.		May 1, 2004	1846
Foreign advance-fee scams: there are many variations of these con games.		Apr 1, 2004	2199
Build an antifraud practice: there's great satisfaction in crime busting.		Mar 1, 2004	2360
New approaches to fraud deterrence: it's time to take a new look at the auditing process.		Feb 1, 2004	2385
Rules for the written record: fraud reports are quite different from audit reports.		Dec 1, 2003	1971
Follow the greenback road: criminal's downfall: what good is all that loot if you can't spend it?		Nov 1, 2003	2159
The fraud examiners: sleuthing careers bring CPAs personal and professional satisfaction.		Oct 1, 2003	2501
There is art to conducting admission-seeking interviews.		Sep 1, 2003	3416
The first step in uncovering fraud in the auditor's bailiwick: analyzing financial information.		Aug 1, 2003	2551
Money laundering: ring around the white collar: how hide-and-seek becomes a game for auditors.		Jun 1, 2003	1894
The world's dumbest fraudsters: more proof that truth is stranger than fiction.		May 1, 2003	1893
Corruption: causes and cures; auditors can help detect and deter bribery and kickbacks.		Apr 1, 2003	2449
Protect small business: small companies without adequate internal controls need CPAs to help them minimize fraud risk .		Mar 1, 2003	4230
The padding that hurts: auditors cannot ignore expense account cheating by management.		Feb 1, 2003	1770
Keep ghosts off the payroll: strong internal controls and well-trained, attentive auditors can prevent phony-employee schemes.		Dec 1, 2002	1676
Ten steps to a top-notch interview: it's more than just the questions you ask.		Nov 1, 2002	1753
Personal purchases: maintain your standards on routine business tasks or suffer the consequences.		Oct 1, 2002	1734
Pay-and-return invoicing: anonymous tips are an important source of information on employee theft.		Sep 1, 2002	1876
Pass-throughs: auditors should scrutinize steep fluctuations in the cost of goods sold.		Aug 1, 2002	1363
Shell companies that don't deliver: these scams are among the most costly asset misappropriations.		Jul 1, 2002	1629
Control cash-register thievery: show your clients the importance of looking above the bottom line.		Jun 1, 2002	2130
Let them know someone's watching; from the boardroom to the mailroom, all fraudsters think alike.		May 1, 2002	1784
Occupational fraud - the audit as deterrent: who better to teach CPAs how to spot fraud than the perpetrators?		Apr 1, 2002	3365
Lapping it up: a skimming method doomed to failure over time.		Feb 1, 2002	1476
... And one for me: skimming is by far the most popular method for stealing an organization's cash.		Jan 1, 2002	1280
Enemies within: asset misappropriation comes in many forms. (The Fraud Beat).		Dec 1, 2001	2175
A fish story, or not? Not all liars are fraudsters, but all fraudsters are liars.		Nov 1, 2001	1582
"Why ask?" you ask.		Sep 1, 2001	2156
Irrational ratios.		Aug 1, 2001	2340
... And nothing but the truth: uncovering fraudulent disclosures.		Jul 1, 2001	2021
Ghost goods: how to spot phantom inventory.		Jun 1, 2001	1918
Timing is of the essence.		May 1, 2001	2941
Follow fraud to the likely perp.		Mar 1, 2001	2222
Why employees commit fraud.		Feb 1, 2001	2113
So that's why it's called a pyramid scheme.		Oct 1, 2000	3408
Six common myths about fraud; if not debunked, they can obscure the existence of white-collar crime.		Feb 1, 1990	2583