Post-Conference Workshop B - Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Recovering From Corporate Fraud - The A To Z Of Fraud Investigations

Workshop Timing: Registration will commence at 8:00. The workshop will begin at 8:30 with refreshments being served at appropriate intervals. The workshop will conclude at 14:30, after which lunch will be served.

Introduction
Contrary to popular belief, fraud often happens to good organisations and under the supervision of effective managers. It is impossible to prevent fraud absolutely. In fact, any organisation that tried to install controls and to eliminate trust to a level where prevention was certain would grind to a halt. The art is to have effective baseline preventive standards and ownership resources in place, backed up by fail-safe reactive controls so that fraud is quickly detected and effectively resolved. This programme will show you how to investigate and recover from fraud effectively, now and in the future.

Workshop Highlights:
• Background: 98% of fraud victims admit that they wished they had handled their
  problem differently, and had been better prepared with more skilled legal and
  investigativesupport
• The Criminal And Civil Law: An understanding of criminal and civil law is essential.
  The law can be the victim’s greatest helper or its worst enemy
• The Nature Of Evidence: Victims often say “we know he did it, but we don’t have any
  evidence”. Turning suspicion into intelligence and intelligence into evidence is not a
  difficult process, once the fundamentals are understood
• Essential Contingency Plans: Plans made before the event can ensure that even
  complex cases run efficiently. For example: is the victim allowed to monitor email traffic
  and communication; what process should be followed in investigative and disciplinary
  interviews: what rights does the victim have to access the records of third parties?
  These and other matters must be specified before the event
• Conducting Serious Investigations: Handling even the most complex case requires
  just three essential elements management control, professional resources and effective
  processes
• Giving Evidence: Most major cases result in court appearances. Giving evidence can
  be a daunting experience for even experienced investigators
• Your Action Plan: Turning the programme into effective corporate and personal plans

Workshop Leader:

Mike Comer, Managing Director
Cobasco Group Limited, UK

Mike Comer is the Managing Director of Cobasco Group Limited (“Cobasco”), an elite community of fraud and compliance practitioners, which works in mentoring relationships with clients to prevent, detect, investigate and recuperate from corporate fraud. He served as visiting Professor at Cranfield Institute of Technology and is currently an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the Scarman Centre, University of Leicester. He is past President of the European Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and ex-Chairman of the American Society of Industrial Security’s committee on fraud. He is a member of MENSA. Mike Comer has written six books on fraud which have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, German, Thai and Chinese. “Corporate Fraud III” was released by Gower Publications Ltd. in August 1997 and has become a best seller. In February 2003, Gower published “Investigating Corporate Fraud” which was reviewed by Professional Security magazine as a “masterpiece” and “a survival guide for businesses”.

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