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When You Hear Hoofbeats, It May Be a Zebra


Total Credits: 1 including .5 Accounting - Technical, .5 Auditing- Technical

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ACPEN Industry Institute |  Accounting and Auditing
Faculty:
Daniel Porter, CFE
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
1 Hour
License:
Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

Dates
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Description

Young doctors sometimes arrive at an exotic medical diagnosis (You've got Kuru!), when a more common place explanation is likely (You've got a cold). These diagnoses are known as Zebras and doctors are taught, "When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses not zebras". Sometimes, the patient really has a rare disease and suffers from misdiagnosis and subsequent improper treatment. Similarly, managers, auditors, and investigators often see indicators of fraud, but dismiss them because they've been taught or assume based upon experience that it is just a mistake that looks like fraud. This session uses case studies to explore some of the more common symptoms of fraud that are often misdiagnosed.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Learn the relationship between the three elements of fraud and how fraudsters think
  • Understand how internal controls prevent fraud
  • Learn the red flags to look for to identify fraud

Major Subjects
  • Internal Controls
  • Fraud Prevention
  • Fraud Investigation

Course Materials

Faculty

Daniel Porter, CFE's Profile

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Daniel Porter, CFE, has conducted civil and criminal investigations for over 20 years as a licensed private investigator, a loss prevention manager, and as an investigator with the State of Tennessee. While he was Investigations Manager with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (an organization with over 4,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 Billion) he created an investigations section and was responsible for investigations of fraud, waste, and abuse. Currently, he is an investigator in the Special Investigations Unit in the Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, of the State of Tennessee where he investigates fraud involving public funds. 

 

He is a Cum Laude graduate from Middle Tennessee State University's Criminal Justice Program and a CFE. He has made presentations at AGA, IIA, and CFE conferences as well as to governmental agencies in various states including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations and the Indiana CPA Society. He has provided law enforcement training certified by the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission. He is a guest lecturer at Middle Tennessee State University and the Vanderbilt University School of Law. He previously served as President and Vice President of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and was selected the Chapter's Member of the Year in 2003.


Dates

Fri, Dec 27, 2024 - 03:00pm to 03:56pm CST
Fri, Jan 17, 2025 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CST
Fri, Jan 31, 2025 - 09:00am to 09:56am CST
Fri, Feb 14, 2025 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CST
Thu, Feb 27, 2025 - 09:00am to 09:56am CST
Fri, Mar 07, 2025 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CST
Sat, Mar 08, 2025 - 10:00am to 10:56am CST
Tue, Mar 25, 2025 - 09:00am to 09:56am CDT
Mon, Apr 14, 2025 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CDT
Thu, Apr 17, 2025 - 06:00pm to 06:56pm CDT
Thu, May 01, 2025 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CDT
Fri, May 16, 2025 - 09:00am to 09:56am CDT
Fri, Jun 13, 2025 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CDT
Sat, Jun 14, 2025 - 10:00am to 10:56am CDT
Mon, Jun 30, 2025 - 09:00am to 09:56am CDT
Tue, Jul 01, 2025 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CDT
Fri, Jul 18, 2025 - 09:00am to 09:56am CDT
Sat, Aug 09, 2025 - 10:00am to 10:56am CDT
Thu, Aug 14, 2025 - 06:00pm to 06:56pm CDT
Fri, Aug 29, 2025 - 09:00am to 09:56am CDT
Mon, Sep 15, 2025 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CDT
Tue, Sep 30, 2025 - 09:00am to 09:56am CDT
Tue, Oct 14, 2025 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CDT
Thu, Oct 30, 2025 - 09:00am to 09:56am CDT
Mon, Nov 03, 2025 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CST
Sat, Nov 08, 2025 - 11:00am to 11:56am CST
Wed, Nov 26, 2025 - 09:00am to 09:56am CST
Fri, Dec 12, 2025 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CST
Fri, Dec 26, 2025 - 09:00am to 09:56am CST
Wed, Jan 07, 2026 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CST
Thu, Jan 22, 2026 - 06:00pm to 06:56pm CST
Mon, Feb 02, 2026 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CST
Fri, Feb 27, 2026 - 09:00am to 09:56am CST
Wed, Mar 11, 2026 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CDT
Mon, Mar 30, 2026 - 09:00am to 09:56am CDT
Sat, Apr 04, 2026 - 10:00am to 10:56am CDT
Fri, Apr 17, 2026 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CDT
Tue, Apr 28, 2026 - 09:00am to 09:56am CDT
Thu, May 07, 2026 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CDT
Tue, May 26, 2026 - 06:00pm to 06:56pm CDT
Wed, Jun 03, 2026 - 01:00pm to 01:56pm CDT
Tue, Jun 23, 2026 - 09:00am to 09:56am CDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites None
Advanced Preparation  None
Designed For Finance management, business management, bookkeepers, accountants, fraud examiners
Original Recording Date

09/2024

 


Yellow Book No
Course Developer D.Porter Solutions
Date Added to Catalog 09/16/2024

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