Over the last few weeks, I have had the pleasure of hearing from readers who have uncovered fraud schemes in their companies. This includes two chief auditors who attributed their ability to locate fraud schemes to my lectures or my fraud auditing techniques. I want to thank these individuals for contacting me. It was very kind of them.
Fraud Auditing, Detection, and Prevention Blog
Leonard W. Vona
Recent Posts
Eleven Statements About An Audit Plan To Help You Create A Dialog
Dec 23, 2019 2:03:17 PM / by Leonard W. Vona posted in Fraud Data Analytics, Fraud Auditing ...
What Is The Difference Between A Shell Company and Ghost employee?
Nov 25, 2019 7:30:00 AM / by Leonard W. Vona posted in Fraud Data Analytics, Fraud Auditing ...
Over the last six months, I have traveled the world talking about fraud data analytics. I want to thank everyone who has participated in the sessions. I also want to thank the hundreds of individuals who have signed up to receive our monthly blog newsletter.
Fraud Auditing To Bust Ghost Employees
Oct 28, 2019 1:52:10 PM / by Leonard W. Vona posted in Fraud Data Analytics, Fraud Auditing ...
One of the most popular topics on this blog has been Ghost Employees. I recently sat down for an interview on how fraud auditing can be used to uncover Ghost Employee schemes that I wanted to share with you.
Uncovering Pass-Through Schemes Involving Real or Shell Companies
Sep 20, 2019 7:13:41 AM / by Leonard W. Vona posted in Fraud Data Analytics, Fraud Auditing ...
At the June 2019 ACFE conference I spoke about Fraud Data Analytics (FDA): How to Locate Complex Vendor Overbilling Fraud Risk Statements. My sessions were sold out, so for those unable to hear my presentation I am writing three blogs that explain three of the four fraud risk statements I covered: Price inflation scheme: hidden entity scheme and now we will cover the pass-through scheme. The fourth fraud risk statement was explained in a blog posted on August 18, 2018.
Hidden Entity Scheme
Aug 29, 2019 3:25:52 PM / by Leonard W. Vona posted in Fraud Data Analytics, Fraud Auditing ...
At the June 2019 ACFE conference I spoke about Fraud Data Analytics (FDA): How to Locate Complex Vendor Overbilling Fraud Risk Statements. My sessions were sold out, so for those unable to hear my presentation I am writing three blogs that explain three of the four fraud risk statements I covered: Price inflation scheme: hidden entity scheme and the pass-through scheme. The fourth fraud risk statement was explained in a blog posted on August 18, 2018.
Setting up Audits to Locate Complex Vendor Overbilling by Price Inflation
Jul 23, 2019 5:24:49 PM / by Leonard W. Vona posted in Fraud Data Analytics, Fraud Auditing ...
At the June 2019 ACFE conference I spoke about Fraud Data Analytics (FDA): How to Locate Complex Vendor Overbilling Fraud Risk Statements. My sessions were sold out, so for those unable to hear my presentation I am writing three blogs in which I will explain three fraud statements I covered:
Fraud Data Analytics: Designing the Fraud Test for the Plan
Jun 13, 2019 3:05:18 PM / by Leonard W. Vona posted in Fraud Data Analytics, Fraud Auditing, ...
In our first blog in a series on fraud data analytics, we identified a ten-step methodology for conducting a fraud data analytics project. In this blog, we will discuss steps nine and ten:
Fraud Data Analytics: The Process of Selecting Transactions for Fraud Testing
May 21, 2019 8:00:27 AM / by Leonard W. Vona posted in Fraud Data Analytics, Fraud Auditing, ...
In our first blog in a series on fraud data analytics, we identified a ten-step methodology for conducting a fraud data analytics project. In this blog, we will discuss steps seven and eight:
Fraud Data Analytics: Eight Critical Steps to Building Your Search Routines
Apr 18, 2019 8:29:16 AM / by Leonard W. Vona posted in Fraud Data Analytics, Fraud Risk Statements, ...
Uncovering Fraud Using Fraud Data Analytics: Part 3 + 4
Mar 26, 2019 4:55:40 PM / by Leonard W. Vona posted in Fraud Data Analytics, Fraud Risk Statements, ...
Fraud Analytics: Planning considerations

