The Examiner – Insights on Fighting Financial Fraud

I gained a lot of weight over the past few months, and I weigh more than ever before. All my clothes are tight—which isn’t funny. But it is pretty funny when my kids pat or rub on my belly. Seriously, it is time to lose some of this weight. I have started dieting and exercising more frequently. I don’t have a problem exercising, but I suck at dieting. I know that I am not the only one in this boat. Why is it so hard? I need to eat better foods and less of them, but it is so difficult.

After Thanksgiving, my family begins decorating for Christmas. We listen to Christmas music in the car and watch Christmas movies almost every night. Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt is my favorite original song; Silent Night by Harry Connick, Jr. is my favorite traditional song; and Elf is my absolute favorite movie.

A person’s clothing says a lot about them—like who they are or what they aspire to be. I don’t consider myself a fashionista, but I do like nice things. However, I’ve never been one to try and keep up with the Joneses.

Coca-Cola is one of the most recognizable brands in the world, which makes it a highly valued company. One of the company’s greatest assets is the recipe for its number one product, Coca-Cola. This recipe has remained unchanged for over one hundred years—with one big exception.

This blog is the fifth in the series, Fighting Fraud Requires Anticipatory Skills.

There are significant changes happening that will impact the way we operate in the future. These changes include software that will automate a significant number of the tasks we perform during an investigation. Will it be possible to automate fraud fighting and make the fraud fighter irrelevant? Will human fraud fighters be replaced 5, 10, or 20 years from now? If we don’t embrace change, we could find ourselves out of a job.

This blog is the fourth in the series, Fighting Fraud Requires Anticipatory Skills.

The future is full of surprises—some are small, while others are huge. The firing of LSU football head coach Les Miles was a surprise to the LSU community and one that few people could have predicted a year ago. After this change, the Tigers’ future looked brighter as their offense improved and they won their next three games.

This blog is the third in the series, Fighting Fraud Requires Anticipatory Skills.

I sought a great quote about predicting the future, but had difficulty finding the right one. Then I remembered back to my childhood days and the movie series, Back to the Future. The following quote was from the end of the first movie that foreshadowed the sequel:

This blog is the second in the series, Fighting Fraud Requires Anticipatory Skills.

Disrupters are changing our world. Those who are threatened by the disrupters are the disrupted. The government even plays a role in this process of change and is sometimes forced to respond. In some cases, people see the government’s role as putting up road blocks to slow the disruption. 

This blog is the first in the series, Account Reconciliation as a Control.

I hate to insult people’s intelligence by covering this topic, but it is amazing the number of people who perform reconciliations incorrectly. This blog post is intended to educate rookies and seasoned veterans.

Account reconciliation—I’ve been itching to blog about this topic for some time now. It has been at the top of my list because it is such an important business process. I’ll admit that account reconciliation is not the sexiest thing in the world, but I promise to write an entertaining, engaging, informative, and inspiring series that you’ll want to share with others.