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Mystery payments at Canadian construction company

March 28th, 2012 · 2 Comments

This is inter­esting: An internal review at Canadian construction company SNC-Lavalin of certain payments approved by the CEO has resulted in that executive’s departure from the company. The payments in question were approved directly by the CEO after the CFO rejected them. Documen­tation was appar­ently sketchy, as the review revealed that the projects they were […]

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Category: Business
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IT audit training for me this week">IT audit training for me this week

October 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments

This week I have a small reprieve from my duties as auditor, as I’m taking part in a training course put on by the firm at the Hilton. The training is related to the internal Infor­mation Systems special­ization the firm offers, which will allow me to get more experience working with IS at clients and […]

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Category: Technology
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How to prevent the fake supplier fraud

July 13th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Fraud. The very word strikes fear in the hearts of good men and women around the globe. Fraud can take down a company, fraud can destroy share­holder wealth, and fraud can make you very, very rich. Just kidding about the last one. Eventually, if you are committing a fraud, you will get caught. Sooner or later, […]

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Category: Auditing
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