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Discover the interrelationships between fraud and cybercrime, bribery and corruption and other crimes that fall under the financial crime ‘umbrella’, as well as how an effective fraud response plan can mitigate risk for firms.
You will gain insight into the impact of identity theft and fraud on victims and learn effective ways these crimes can be prevented, as well as an understanding of the complex landscape of cybercrime – revealing the multitude of malicious disruptions in our digital world.
In addition, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the darker aspects of bribery and corruption. This includes learning about the international initiatives in place to combat these crimes.
The learning will also enable you to appreciate the importance of mitigating risk once fraud has been identified within a firm. This includes knowledge of whistleblower protections and the processes involved in internal investigations when fraud is suspected.
This course is ideal for professionals working in or aspiring to work in areas where financial crime prevention is important to their role. Such areas include compliance roles, risk functions, those with fraud prevention responsibilities and regulatory representatives. While it offers valuable insights for all professionals, it is best suited for individuals early in their careers.
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Define and give examples of identity theft and identity fraud
• Understand the effect of identity fraud on victims
• Outline the various methods used by identity fraudsters
• Advise on how to avoid becoming a victim of identity theft
• Grasp the different components of cyber fraud
• Know the differences between the different types of malicious disruptions
• Distinguish between ransomware, hacking, logic bombs and phishing
• Differentiate between bribery and other forms of corruption
• Understand the main international initiatives to combat bribery and corruption
• Understand the risk of bribery and corruption for developing countries
• Examine the objectives of a fraud response plan
• Describe the different components of a fraud response plan
• Outline fraud reporting channels
• Discuss the importance of whistle-blower protections
• Understand the nature of internal investigations when fraud is suspected