Fraud in an Employee Benefit Plan [FEB]

Aug 21, 2018
Time: 12:30pm - 2:15pm

Subject:

Accounting & Auditing

Credit Hours:

2.00

Price:

Member: $75.00
Non-member: $115.00

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Discussion Leader:

Rebecca Lee, CPA, CGMA    more info

Rebecca Lee, CPA, CGMA, is a Group Practice Leader for LOSCALZO ASSOCIATES LTD. and a
Principal with Brooke, Freeman & Lee, having offices in Anniston and Birmingham, Alabama.
She serves as the assurance, quality control and compliance principal with responsibilities for
the audit practice.
She has served on numerous AICPA and state society committees including the AICPA
Management Consulting Service Professional Practice Subcommittee, Small Business
Consulting Practices Subcommittee, Council of the AICPA and is a past member of the Institute’s MAS
Executive Committee and Personal Financial Planning Executive Committee. She has chaired both the
Management Advisory Committee and the Personal Financial Planning Committee of the Alabama Society of
CPAs. She currently serves on the South Carolina Association of CPAs’ Peer Review Committee and the
Continuing Professional Education Committee.
She holds a BS degree in Accounting from Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama, along with a
Masters Degree in Accounting from Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama.
Ms. Lee is a group practice leader for all staff level audit training programs, as well as other accounting and
auditing technical courses. She is a frequent speaker at CPA conferences, and has lectured extensively in the
area of management advisory services at professional meetings and seminars for state societies and the
American Institute of CPAs. With more than 30 years of experience in the audit and accounting field, Rebecca
has served as a discussion leader, technical reviewer and author of courses for audit and accounting technical
courses. Ms. Lee has served as professor of management accounting in the graduate studies (Master in Public
and Private Management) program at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a
member of the Alabama Society of CPAs, the South Carolina Association of CPAs and the AICPA.

Rebecca Lee, CPA, CGMA, is a Group Practice Leader for LOSCALZO ASSOCIATES LTD. and aPrincipal with Brooke, Freeman & Lee, having offices in Anniston and Birmingham, Alabama.She serves as the assurance, quality control and compliance principal with responsibilities forthe audit practice.

She has served on numerous AICPA and state society committees including the AICPAManagement Consulting Service Professional Practice Subcommittee, Small BusinessConsulting Practices Subcommittee, Council of the AICPA and is a past member of the Institute’s MASExecutive Committee and Personal Financial Planning Executive Committee. She has chaired both theManagement Advisory Committee and the Personal Financial Planning Committee of the Alabama Society ofCPAs. She currently serves on the South Carolina Association of CPAs’ Peer Review Committee and theContinuing Professional Education Committee.

She holds a BS degree in Accounting from Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama, along with aMasters Degree in Accounting from Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama.

Ms. Lee is a group practice leader for all staff level audit training programs, as well as other accounting andauditing technical courses. She is a frequent speaker at CPA conferences, and has lectured extensively in thearea of management advisory services at professional meetings and seminars for state societies and theAmerican Institute of CPAs. With more than 30 years of experience in the audit and accounting field, Rebeccahas served as a discussion leader, technical reviewer and author of courses for audit and accounting technicalcourses. Ms. Lee has served as professor of management accounting in the graduate studies (Master in Publicand Private Management) program at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. She is amember of the Alabama Society of CPAs, the South Carolina Association of CPAs and the AICPA.

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Website registration for this course closes on August 20, 2018. To register after this date please contact the society at akcpa@ak.net or 907-562-4334.

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Fraud in an Employee Benefit Plan (FEB)

August 21, 2018

Alaska Society of CPAs Office
2600 Cordova Street, Suite 211
Anchorage, AK

LATE REGISTRATION POLICY
For registrations received less than 21 days from the course date will be charged a late fee of $50 for each 8 hour course and $25 for each 4 hour course and $12.50 for each 2 hour course.

Increase the bottom line an average of 5 percent of gross revenue this year. Thats how much that has been identified by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in their 2016 Report to the Nation that is lost to fraud each year. Dont miss this opportunity to develop or hone skills for developing anti-fraud programs for your company.

For industry accountants and external accountants and auditors, learn how to recognize the warning signs of fraud, develop a fraud risk team (this could be 1 person) and reduce the risk of fraud.

Review real cases of Employee benefit plans frauds and the number of ways it can occur, even with a 401 (K) plan. For the sponsor or accountant of a plan, exercising fiduciary responsibility when a fraud occurs takes on a new meaning.

For the auditor, become more proficient in planning the brain storming discussion for fraud. Review the common missed components required in the braining storming session related to fraud.

Major Topics:
The President of Any Client, USA ranted Fraud cannot happen with a small 401(K) plan-why am I liable? But it did and the fiduciary is responsible. This session will discuss the numbers of ways this can occur. Real case examples will be presented with suggestions to prevent. or at least, to detect the possibility of it occurring.

Designed For: Accountants in public practice and industry

CPE Credits: 2, Accounting & Auditing

Level of Knowledge: Intermediate

Prerequisite: None

Acronym: FEB

Discussion Leader: Rebecca Lee, CPA, CGMA