National Chamber seminar on ‘Insight to Fraud Detection’

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A half day seminar on ‘Insight to Fraud Detection’ will be conducted on Tuesday 21 March from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chamber Auditorium No. 450 D.R. Wijewardene Mw, Colombo 10.

The objective of this seminar is to protect organisations from fraud, to be vigilant and take measures in time to prevent fraud and other malpractices in an organisation.

Fraud is a hidden enemy, surreptitiously diverting the resources of a company, for a considerable period of time, spanning several years, and the cost of fraud could cripple a business. Organisations which have implemented effective anti-fraud measures are more likely to suffer less from the cost of fraud.

The seminar will give an insight on how to detect a fraud in your company/other areas and explain in detail on the following topics:

nForensic Accounting – skills to investigate fraud or misappropriation, fraudulent activity, financial discrepancies, analyse financial information for use in legal proceedings.

nWhat is Fraud?

nRoot causes of Fraud

nPsychology of the Fraudster

nType of Fraud and detection Techniques, Fictitious Sales

nInvestigating process and gathering evidence will be some of the subjects discussed at the seminar.

The Resource Persons will be:

Tishan Subasinghe, FCA, CPFA (UK), ACMA, CISA, MBA (Finance)(Col.)

Partner, Head of Audit & Assurance, BDO Partners, Chartered Accountants.

Ashane Jayasekera, ICA, ICMA (UK) FBCS, (UK) CIA, CISA, CFSA

Partner Head of Risk, I.T. & Forensic Services, BDO Partners, Chartered Accountants

Seats are limited. For reservation kindly contact chamber 4741788 Krishani/Nirmani or email [email protected]/[email protected].