Fraud – An Annual Review for Accountants for 2026


CPE Credit: 2 hours

2025 was an interesting year for fraud. From high dollar BEC frauds, crypto frauds galore, record breaking data breaches, prolific ransomware attacks, personal information provided all over the internet, government embezzlement, corporate financial statement fraud, etc. This course will review recent frauds and discuss what went wrong. We will review how the frauds occurred, how they were discovered, and how the victims were affected. We will discuss how recent frauds affected accounting, auditing, and governance. We will discuss how and when to report fraud. We will review some of the compliance requirements that are currently in place to prevent and detect frauds from occurring in the future.

Program Topics:
• Forensic Accounting
• Fraud
• Investigating fraud
• Reporting Fraud
• Reactions to fraud

Learning Objectives:
• Identify the definition of fraud
• Identify fraud cases
• Identify how the frauds occurred
• Identify fraud statistics