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The Theory Of Inverse Logic In Forensic Accounting - Videos of the Author on Concepts and Case Studies

by Chetan Dalal
Course Expiry: 1 year
Categories: e-Learning
Publisher: Taxsutra
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What shall the episode cover?

Sr. No Episodes What shall the episode cover?
1. The case of the bank manager’s suicide.

A bank manager’s case where he apparently committed suicide is examined parallelly by a conventional audit method and by an investigator. The result is astonishing. This is an imaginary case only to highlight the difference between an audit and a forensic investigation. 

2. The amazing ‘piggyback’ fraud in a butter producing plant

The management of this plant was besieged by complaints of poor-quality butter even though it had the best laboratory testing facilities. This case study examines how the vendor cleverly was supplying substandard milk using this piggyback procedure. 

3. The mysterious super-fast mall robbery fraud 

A mysterious mall robbery took place at late night hours which was concluded to be an organised gang of mall robbers. Forensic investigators use a unique time dimension to prove it was an inside job.

4. The case of the shaky insurance claim

This case study examines the superiority of human judgment over digital technology. While the latter is necessary, it is the human judgment which gives the cutting edge. A fire insurance claim made in a yarn factory proved by digital footage was proved fraud using the same digital evidence and its interpretation. 

5. The case of the overstuffed warehouse claim

Another insurance grossly exaggerated fire insurance claim was proved wrong by using a ‘space’ dimension.

6. The case of the mysterious collections

An incredible situation of collections in a training and education NGO which no one took credit for. No manager, sales head accepted ownership for such funds received. Funds were coming in from different banks across rural parts of India and it was difficult to trace the remitters. The investigation revealed a new fraud which transcended books of account. 

7. The mathematical investigation method- using Benford’s theorem

This episode explains how this theorem can be easily used to detect fraud or error in large populations of data. A bit technical but nevertheless simple to understand and use by all investigators. 

8. The case of the living dead patients in an orphan fund fraud

After the pandemic and lockdowns across the world the spotlight is on hospitals. This case shows how a huge fraud took place in a hospital using ‘orphan funds’ and how adroitly the investigator ferreted out malicious trends and identified a huge fraud. 

9. The ice-cold chicken fraud in a five-star hotel

An unimaginable fraud by a vendor of a five-star hotel exposed by a new kind of test called ‘juxtaposition’ test. 

10. The ingenuity of perpetrators: Any situation is easy to deceive  

Fraud and deception though undesirable is performed using amazing skillsets. This last episode illustrates this with the help of a billiards player’s ability to pocket a ball irrespective of the object ball’s  placement  on the table. Similarly, a perpetrator  is able to find a variety of ways to beat the system and controls in any given situation.             

Disclaimer:

The information provided in these videos is for general information only. 

While the author has made best efforts to ensure the accuracy of the information in these videos at time of publication, he assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the contents and hereby disclaims any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from accident, negligence, or any other cause. The views expressed in these videos are not to be considered as professional opinion or advice on forensic accounting. The author or the publisher undertakes no responsibility for the consequences of any action taken on the basis of this work whether directly or indirectly and for any errors or omissions in the work. The author does not warrant that the views stated shall be effective in each and every case or may give predictable consequences.  

In the videos, any references or depiction to any living, non-living things, entity, organisation, logo etc., are imaginary and are made only for academic and educational purposes only to make the case studies more  demonstrative and understandable and it does not mean that the relevant incident or fraud has taken place there. Any such inadvertent resemblance to anyone, if any,  may be purely coincidental. The opinions and views expressed in the videos are without prejudice and are based on experience of the authors, research or based on empirical studies. 

No part of the videos may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the author. 

Author: Chetan Dalal
About Author:
Chetan Dalal :

Chetan D Dalal, a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner, conducts fraud investigations and training in detection of fraud. He is also a Certified Internal Auditor and a Certified Information Systems Auditor. His website is www.chetandalal.com He has served on the Board of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (India Chapter) and India Merchants Chamber. He has also served in the past on the editorial board of an international journal - “Inside Fraud Bulletin”. He has been the chief faculty member in the first ever certification course on forensic accounting and fraud investigation for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 

He has also conducted many workshops on fraud investigation for several companies in India and overseas. He has to his credit various awards and prizes for his research and paper contributions in the areas of fraud detection.  He has authored several publications on fraud detection, internal audits, audit practices and procedures which have been published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Bombay Chartered Accountants Society. He is a regular contributor of articles on fraud, accountancy and audit in many Indian corporate magazines, economic dailies, and professional journals. He has also contributed articles in international journals such as the Internal Auditing-UK, IT Audit forum (USA), Accountant’s Ledger (Canada), etc. The author has received contributions from several eminent CAs and technical experts.  

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Taxsutra is considered the most credible source of tax news in the tax fraternity. What started as a fledgling start-up has now become a leading brand in the tax world not only in India, but across the globe. Taxsutra's diverse customer set includes Fortune 500 Companies, large Indian Business Groups, Global Conglomerates, Tax Judges, IRS Officers, CBDT, Tax Lawyers & thousands of tax practitioners.

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Publisher: Taxsutra
About Course:

What shall the episode cover?

Sr. No Episodes What shall the episode cover?
1. The case of the bank manager’s suicide.

A bank manager’s case where he apparently committed suicide is examined parallelly by a conventional audit method and by an investigator. The result is astonishing. This is an imaginary case only to highlight the difference between an audit and a forensic investigation. 

2. The amazing ‘piggyback’ fraud in a butter producing plant

The management of this plant was besieged by complaints of poor-quality butter even though it had the best laboratory testing facilities. This case study examines how the vendor cleverly was supplying substandard milk using this piggyback procedure. 

3. The mysterious super-fast mall robbery fraud 

A mysterious mall robbery took place at late night hours which was concluded to be an organised gang of mall robbers. Forensic investigators use a unique time dimension to prove it was an inside job.

4. The case of the shaky insurance claim

This case study examines the superiority of human judgment over digital technology. While the latter is necessary, it is the human judgment which gives the cutting edge. A fire insurance claim made in a yarn factory proved by digital footage was proved fraud using the same digital evidence and its interpretation. 

5. The case of the overstuffed warehouse claim

Another insurance grossly exaggerated fire insurance claim was proved wrong by using a ‘space’ dimension.

6. The case of the mysterious collections

An incredible situation of collections in a training and education NGO which no one took credit for. No manager, sales head accepted ownership for such funds received. Funds were coming in from different banks across rural parts of India and it was difficult to trace the remitters. The investigation revealed a new fraud which transcended books of account. 

7. The mathematical investigation method- using Benford’s theorem

This episode explains how this theorem can be easily used to detect fraud or error in large populations of data. A bit technical but nevertheless simple to understand and use by all investigators. 

8. The case of the living dead patients in an orphan fund fraud

After the pandemic and lockdowns across the world the spotlight is on hospitals. This case shows how a huge fraud took place in a hospital using ‘orphan funds’ and how adroitly the investigator ferreted out malicious trends and identified a huge fraud. 

9. The ice-cold chicken fraud in a five-star hotel

An unimaginable fraud by a vendor of a five-star hotel exposed by a new kind of test called ‘juxtaposition’ test. 

10. The ingenuity of perpetrators: Any situation is easy to deceive  

Fraud and deception though undesirable is performed using amazing skillsets. This last episode illustrates this with the help of a billiards player’s ability to pocket a ball irrespective of the object ball’s  placement  on the table. Similarly, a perpetrator  is able to find a variety of ways to beat the system and controls in any given situation.             

Disclaimer:

The information provided in these videos is for general information only. 

While the author has made best efforts to ensure the accuracy of the information in these videos at time of publication, he assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the contents and hereby disclaims any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from accident, negligence, or any other cause. The views expressed in these videos are not to be considered as professional opinion or advice on forensic accounting. The author or the publisher undertakes no responsibility for the consequences of any action taken on the basis of this work whether directly or indirectly and for any errors or omissions in the work. The author does not warrant that the views stated shall be effective in each and every case or may give predictable consequences.  

In the videos, any references or depiction to any living, non-living things, entity, organisation, logo etc., are imaginary and are made only for academic and educational purposes only to make the case studies more  demonstrative and understandable and it does not mean that the relevant incident or fraud has taken place there. Any such inadvertent resemblance to anyone, if any,  may be purely coincidental. The opinions and views expressed in the videos are without prejudice and are based on experience of the authors, research or based on empirical studies. 

No part of the videos may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the author. 

Author: Chetan Dalal
About Author:
Chetan Dalal :

Chetan D Dalal, a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner, conducts fraud investigations and training in detection of fraud. He is also a Certified Internal Auditor and a Certified Information Systems Auditor. His website is www.chetandalal.com He has served on the Board of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (India Chapter) and India Merchants Chamber. He has also served in the past on the editorial board of an international journal - “Inside Fraud Bulletin”. He has been the chief faculty member in the first ever certification course on forensic accounting and fraud investigation for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 

He has also conducted many workshops on fraud investigation for several companies in India and overseas. He has to his credit various awards and prizes for his research and paper contributions in the areas of fraud detection.  He has authored several publications on fraud detection, internal audits, audit practices and procedures which have been published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Bombay Chartered Accountants Society. He is a regular contributor of articles on fraud, accountancy and audit in many Indian corporate magazines, economic dailies, and professional journals. He has also contributed articles in international journals such as the Internal Auditing-UK, IT Audit forum (USA), Accountant’s Ledger (Canada), etc. The author has received contributions from several eminent CAs and technical experts.  

About Publisher:

Taxsutra is considered the most credible source of tax news in the tax fraternity. What started as a fledgling start-up has now become a leading brand in the tax world not only in India, but across the globe. Taxsutra's diverse customer set includes Fortune 500 Companies, large Indian Business Groups, Global Conglomerates, Tax Judges, IRS Officers, CBDT, Tax Lawyers & thousands of tax practitioners.

Taxsutra suite of portals : 

1. Real time tax news & analysis for Corporate Tax (www.taxsutra.com/dt
2. Transfer Pricing Portal (www.taxsutra.com/tp)
3. GST and Central Indirect Taxes Portals (www.taxsutra.com/gst - www.idt.taxsutra.com)
4. "Taxsutra Database" - Powerful Online Direct Tax Reference and Search Tool (www.database.taxsutra.com)
5. LawStreetIndia (LSI) (www.lawstreetindia.com) contains sub-modules on Company law, Securities law (SEBI/SAT), FEMA, IP laws & Competition Law 
6.  Taxsutra Accounting Standards portal (Ind-AS) (www.greentick.taxsutra.com)

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