Module 1: Accounting Fundamentals and Fraud Schemes

Module 2: Investigations Theory and Statement Taking

1. Forensic Investigation Planning Considerations
2. Conducting an Investigation
3. Document Control and Chain of Custody
4. Organisation Structure and Role Summaries
5. Forensic investigator’s objectives
6. Investigation and ethics
7. Directing the forensic investigation assignment
8. Personal privacy and public disclosures

Module 3: Good Governance and Prevention Economic Crime.

Module 4: Legal Aspects of Fraud and Rules of Evidence.

Module 5: Understanding Digital Forensics and Fraud Investigations Process.

1. A case for Digital Forensics
2. Cyber Crime Explained

Module 6: Evidence Seizure and Security

1. Digital Evidence
2. Crime Scene Management (First Responder Procedures and Best Practices)

Module 7: The Computer Forensic Lab

1. Forensics Lab Set Up
2. Quality Standards for a Forensics Lab

Module 8: Forensic Accounting and Incomplete Records Analysis

1. Introduction to Forensic Accounting
2. Analysing Incomplete Records to Tell a Story
3. Profiling Suspects and Analysing Circumstantial Evidence

Module 9: The Investigation Methodology

1. Internal Auditing Vs. Forensic Investigation
2. The Fraud Investigation Model
3. Digital Crime Scene Investigation Process
4. Conducting Effective Internal Investigations
5. Interviewing Skills and Techniques.
6. Forensic Investigation Tools.

Digital Forensic Tools

Data Analytics Tools

Module 10: Forensic Investigation Reporting

1. Due Care in Reporting
2. Investigation Report Writing

Module 11: Annexes and Appendices to a Forensic Investigation Report

Module 12: Fraud Forensic Reporting Standards and Leading Practices.

Module 13: Case study: Conducting a Fraud Investigation in Practice

Module 14: Managing an Investigation Project from Inception to Disputation