As an official supporter of National Fraud Awareness Week, Aug. 4-10, SmartPros created this educational guide to help you fight fraud. Scroll down the page or jump to a section:

	Features & News
	Updates on companies under investigation
	Crime busters: Careers in fraud prevention
	CPE on fraud
	Books on how to detect & prevent fraud
	Assoc. of Cert. Fraud Examiners conference info
	Fraud IQ test & Fraud Prevention Check-up links

Money Laundering 101: Ten Ways to Place Dirty Money
The House of Representatives approved a bill that would tighten accounting oversight, a legislative response to the violations that led to the collapse of Enron.

Audit Committee Responsibilities
Louis Braiotta, Jr., author  of The Committee Handbook, 3rd Ed., explains the audit committee's role and the appropriate  actions to take when fraudulent financial reporting is spotted. 

Establishing a Code of Ethics
According to Charles Calhoun, a forensics examiner and ethics consultant, companies should consider implementing an ethics program to set the tone for the organization and facilitate an environment to make better decisions for the employees.  

Anti-Fraud Body Calls for New Actions to Fight Corporate Fraud
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners recently called for four new actions to fight corporate fraud.   

CEOs Predict More Accounting Scandals
According to a recent survey, the majority of CEOs polled hold corporate CEOs directly responsible for recent accounting scandals, as opposed to CFOs or accounting firms, and expect to see many more examples of corporate misconduct this year.   

New Company Formed to Remedy Identity Fraud
A new company has opened for business to combat the fastest-growing white-collar crime: Identity fraud. In the United States alone, 750,000 people will be victimized this year and losses will soar into the billions of dollars.

Job Seekers Should Consider Corporate Reputation
Job seekers need to pay attention to a corporation's reputation because scandals can leave black marks on resumes, according to CareerJournal.com, The Wall Street Journal's executive career site.

Companies Under Investigation Corporate scandals served as the catalyst for the major legislative reforms the accounting industry now faces. To help you understand the numerous investigations into companies' questionable accounting practices, SmartPros has compiled a quick reference guide with weekly updates on the Companies Under Investigation, including executives and accounting firms in hot water.

How to Become a Fraud Examiner Your accounting background may qualify you for a career in the anti-fraud field. Career opportunities abound for Certified Fraud Examiners, as fraud has never been more prevalent ...

Forensic Accounting Is Hot Job
With a virtual media cottage industry blooming on the corpse of bankrupt Enron and its complicated array of alleged financial shenanigans, could it be just a matter of time before some television executive plots a new drama starring ... forensic accountants?

Detecting Corporate Fraud: New Guidance

Clearly on the defensive following the swift, spectacular collapse of Enron, the Auditing Standards Board recently released a draft of a revised audit standard on the detection of fraud. The goal of the proposed standard is simple: to provide auditors with additional guidance designed to improve the likelihood that audits will detect material misstatements of financial statements due to fraud. 2 CPE credits, $44.99 or included with a FMN Online subscription

See also these courses from the Professional Education Center:

Profiling and Preventing Corporate Fraud 1 credit, $44.99 or incl. with a FMN Online subscription	Accounting Irregularities and Financial Fraud 1 credit, $44.99 or incl. with a FMN Online subscription
Fundamentals of Fraud Detection and Prevention 3 credits, $59.97 or incl. with a SP Advantage subscription	Financial Statement and Earnings Analysis 3 credits, $59.97 or incl. with a SP Advantage subscription
Detection and Ethics of Business Fraud Auditing 2 credits, $39.98 or incl. with a SP Advantage subscription	Conducting Internal Investigations 3 credits, $59.97 or incl. with a SP Advantage subscription
Enron's Collapse and Implications 1 credit, $44.99 or incl. with a FMN Online subscription	The  CPA's Involvement  in Business Fraud Auditing 2 credits, $39.98 or incl. with a SP Advantage subscription
When Financial Reporting Turns Criminal 1 credit, $44.99 or incl. with a CPAR subscription	Auditing Inventories: Real World Fraud Cases 1 credit, $19.99 or incl. with a SP Advantage subscription
Applying SAS 82 to 2 Cases of Business Fraud Auditing 1 credit, $19.99 or incl. with a SP Advantage subscription	Fraud Examination in Gov. Entities: Tools and Techniques 5 credits, $99.95
FBI Involvement  in Business Fraud Auditing 2 credits, $39.98 or incl. with a SP Advantage subscription

ACFE Kicks Off National Fraud Awareness Week The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners kicked off the third annual National Fraud Awareness Week Sunday in conjunction with the start of its annual fraud conference and trade show in Hollywood, Calif.  13th Annual Fraud Conference & Trade Show

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• Take the Fraud IQ test
• Download The Fraud Prevention Check-Up (PDF), a powerful test of your company's fraud health, produced by the ACFE.
• The 2002 Report to the Nation (PDF) is based on 663 occupational fraud cases reported by the Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs) who investigated them.
• A Summary of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 courtesy of the AICPA.
• Download The Accounting Profession: Status of Panel on Audit Effectiveness Recommendations to Enhance the Self-Regulatory System, a report from the General Accounting Office (PDF)