CREATESPACE AML Auditing - Understanding Fraud and Embezzlement: Volume 10

Product Description This book is a must for all AML/KYC audit and compliance staff whose responsibilities include monitoring fraud and embezzlement!The author, Bob Walsh, is widely regarded as one of the leading authorities in this field. This book is one in a series of extraordinary AML auditing books written by Bob Walsh in which he details the function and operation of key financial services for the benefit of AML/KYC audit and compliance professionals. He is convinced that providing a greater understanding of the inner workings of how fraud and embezzlement operates within financial services can dramatically strengthen AML/KYC compliance and audit results. All of Bob Walsh’s AML books for auditors also address the complex world of money-laundering, related AML/KYC regulatory issues and concerns, AML/KYC acronyms and technical glossary, and a list of currently known terrorist groups.The topics described in this book include danger signs of embezzlement, types and nature of fraud, specific acts of fraud, detecting fraud, consequences of unprovable accusations, fraud prevention and more. In addition, a review is provided for the world of anti-money laundering, AML compliance programs, Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), due-diligence research, Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), politically exposed persons (PEPs), global custody services, the global securities industry, accounting requirements and more.The material contained in Mr. Walsh’s books was compiled from more than 30 years of hands-on experience in the U.S. and international banking industry. He is a CAMs certified AML/KYC compliance specialist who has worked with some of the largest banks in the world, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and major AML/KYC consulting agencies working on some of the largest AML/KYC cases in banking industry.As one of the leading authorities in the field, Mr. Walsh assists banks with AML/KYC auditing, investigations, compliance assessments, remediations and related AML/KYC technical training. His office is located in New York; he may be reached by email at: walsh516@aol.com. About the Author Bob Walsh is a subject-matter-expert in the international banking and financial services industry. He is a CAMs certified Anti-money Laundering/Know Your Customer (AML/KYC) specialist with over 30 years of “hands-on” experience spanning U.S. and international banking and the financial services industry. After serving many years as a Vice President at large money-center banks, Mr. Walsh worked on major AML/KYC consulting projects involving transaction monitoring, “Lookbacks,” SARs writing, retail and institutional remediations, and AML/KYC procedures writing and technical training. Bob Walsh has authored several AML/KYC compliance books: AML Auditing and Internal Controls; AML/KYC Compliance; AML Transaction Monitoring; How Terrorists Move Money Through Banks; Know Your Customer Compliance; Currency Transaction Reporting (CTRs); Fraud and Embezzlement; and a series of AML auditing books uniquely designed to benefit AML auditors and compliance staff by enhancing their understanding of how key financial services operate. Mr. Walsh has also authored texts that describe the inner workings of major financial services including: Depository Trust Company and Clearing; ERISA Compliance; Foreign Exchange; Global Custody Services; Global Securities Industry; International Capital Markets; Investment Banking, Mutual Funds, SEC Compliance; Securities Lending; Subcustodian Network Management; and Types of Securities. Bob Walsh established a MBA accredited program at New York University and Wayne State University on International Capital Markets, conducted AML/KYC technical training for FBI Special Agents and Federal Reserve Bank of New York Examiners. He assists banks with AML/KYC auditing, investigations, compliance assessments, remediations, an