Follow the Money: Tracing Concealed Assets
Overview
Online
Description
Finding the proceeds of fraud is complex and involves dealing with strategic, organizational, investigative and legal challenges. Follow the Money: Tracing Concealed Assets demystifies the process of finding hidden assets and provides tools for success in this complex work. The course offers common approaches to locating assets domestically and across borders, and establishes best practices and specific recommendations for those charged with finding hidden assets.
Key Takeaways:
- How to use online resources in asset-tracing investigations
- Common methods of hiding assets
- Common sources of information to uncover hidden assets
- Different types of asset searches across the globe
- Using various types of online services to gather pertinent information in tracing investigations
Prerequisites
None
You Will Learn How To:
Relate basic information about locating assets acquired through the commission of improper acts, particularly fraudulent acts
Recognize common ways people hide assets
Determine an effective process for conducting an investigation to locate assets
Differentiate between different types of asset searches
Recognize the major sources and methods of collecting information in an asset investigation
Identify common sources of information that (if legally accessible) can help unearth an individual’s or business entity’s assets
Recognize how different types of financial records can be used to locate hidden assets
Determine ways to use the various types of online services to obtain information relevant to tracing investigations
Identify measures to analyze collected information to locate assets
Relate key information about various methods that examiners can use to find and recover assets held abroad
Table of Contents
| Lesson 1 | Introduction |
|---|---|
| Lesson 2 | How People Hide Assets |
| Lesson 3 | General Process for Tracing Assets |
| Lesson 4 | Types of Asset Searches |
| Lesson 5 | Information Sources and Methods to Obtain Information |
| Lesson 6 | Types of Information Valuable to Asset Searches |
| Lesson 7 | Types of Financial Records to Examine |
| Lesson 8 | Using the Internet to Trace Assets |
| Lesson 9 | Analyzing Information to Locate Assets |
| Lesson 10 | Tracing Assets Held Abroad |
| Lesson 11 | Case Study and Practical Application |
CPE Information
| CPE Credit: | 5 |
|---|---|
| NASBA Information: | Accounting |
| Advanced Preparation: | None |
| Last Updated: | July 2023 |
| Delivery Method: | QAS Self-Study |
Policies
CPE Credit
Please note: To be eligible for CPE credit, you must complete the final exam within one year of purchase date. You may only claim CPE credit for a course once.
ACFE Online Self-Study Courses
Features:
- 24/7 access to courses through your Internet browser
- Save time and quickly earn CPE credits with instant access, grading and printable certificate
- The flexibility to start or stop a course and pick-up right where you left off
- No additional shipping fees
Learn More about accessing your online self-study course
Learn More about online self-study courses and their features
System Requirements:
- Internet access: High-speed connection recommended
- Speakers required for video sound
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org/.
Ordering and Returns
Satisfaction Guarantee
If you are not 100% satisfied with any ACFE product, you may return it to us, provided it is in excellent condition, for a full refund of the item minus the cost of shipping. Toolkits and bundles may only be returned as a complete set.
Ordering & Returns Policy