Targeting Fraud Uncovering & Deterring Fraud in Financial Institutions

Losses from fraud and embezzlement at financial institutions in the U.S. exceeds $2 billion annually and has contributed to the failure of hundreds of banks, depositors and taxpayer. Targeting Fraud collects a wide array of prevention and detection measures to help bankers avert fraud and abuse--from the inside and the outside. Updated from the insightful Bank Fraud to include the latest information on new and ''classic'' fraudulent activities, Targeting Fraud expands its scope to include a review of all types of financial fraud from forgeries to money laudering to funds transfer to credit card fraud. Also included are accounts of some of the biggest cases, including BCCI and BNL-Atlanta. Targeting Fraud looks at what happened and lessons that can benefit an institution's fraud prevention efforts. Topics include: current bank fraud cases; major types of crimes and schemes; fraud deterrence tools and techniques; sample controls and policies for fraud prevention programs.Gup, Benton E. is the author of 'Targeting Fraud Uncovering & Deterring Fraud in Financial Institutions', published 1994 under ISBN 9781557387400 and ISBN 1557387400.