NASACT, in conjunction with the Association of Government Accountants and the Association of Local Government Auditors, is pleased to announce the latest in its series of training events addressing timely issues in government auditing and financial management.

Fraudulent activities account for billions of dollars lost in the insurance, banking, health care, retail, transportation, manufacturing, and communications industries each year. Likewise, fraud riddles our federal, state, and local governments; virtually every industry is vulnerable to fraud. Fraud is dynamic and constantly shifting, adapting, and morphing itself to take advantage of vulnerabilities and flaws within the oversight and control systems that are established to minimize its presence. Flexibility remains a critical aspect for quickly responding to changing fraud patterns; thus, it is vital to use methods and techniques to expose new patterns of fraud without having to re-program, re-train, or re-invent the underlying systems. Often, there is no clear-cut right or wrong answer, rather, an irregularity in the data, a variance in the values, or an inconsistency in the expected results that standout as unusual.

This webinar overviews a number of real-world fraud patterns and presents their common traits through the use of visualization diagrams. See how many of these patterns are found through common sense (verses complex algorithms) and learn about how new methods, derived content, and external data help expose new fraud patterns.

Webinar Topics

• Methods for exposing generalized fraud patterns
• Reviewing repeated claims and multiple filings
• Use of meta-data content for adding analytical value
• Performing consistency checks on the data
• Integrating multiple sources of disparate data
• Using visualization techniques for showing fraud patterns
• Performing look-backs on the data to see the big picture

Join Christopher Westphal, Vice President–Analytics Solutions, Raytheon Company, for this informative two-hour training session.  Many of you remember Christopher from his highly-rated presentation at the 2014 NASACT Annual Conference in Santa Fe.

Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015
Time: 11:00 - 1:00 p.m. Arizona Time
CPE: Two credits

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify fraud patterns and the common traits of those patterns.
• Use visualization diagrams to identify fraud.
• Understand how new methods, derived content, and external data to help expose new fraud patterns.

Level of Knowledge
Overview

Field ofStudy
Finance

Location

Department of Administration General Accounting Office
100 N 15th Avenue Suite 302
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Please remember to bring your State of Arizona badge to gain access through security.
**You may bring your lunch if you wish. Currently the ADOA Building does not have a cafeteria.

Parking information

Please park on the lot north of the parking garage or the northeast corner of 15th Avenue and Adams. There are two disabled parking spaces in the visitor section of the garage and three disabled parking spaces in the northeast surface lot. These spaces are NOT restricted by the "2 Hour Visitor Parking" signs.

Registration Information

Space is limited, so reserve your place early.

To Register

1. Visit YES.
2. Sign in with your User Name (your Employee ID Number) and your Password.
3. Click on Employee Training under the “Home” tab in the leftmost column.
4. Click on Registration by Category under the “Employee Training” tab.
5. Click on GAO Training & Events, under “Categories”.
6. Click on the course GAO032615, under "Courses".
7. Click on session number 326, under "To Register, Select a Session".

CPE

Two credits

The National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.

Please share this program announcement with others in your agency. Please be advised that this presentation may have limited interest and applicability to some State agencies. It is being offered to all State agencies as an opportunity for their employees to gain Continuing Professional Education (CPE) at no cost. Attendance is voluntary.