Fraud Prevention & Ethics Courses

Prevent Fraud. Strengthen Controls.
Report with Integrity.

Learn to spot AP and payroll fraud schemes, strengthen controls, and handle reporting pressure under US GAAP and IFRS. Add an AI-built AP dashboard to turn recurring red-flag checks into a practical review workflow.

Recognize the risk. Know your next step. Put better controls into practice.

4 fully practical courses   ·   Bonus materials and workplace takeaways   ·   Learn at your own pace

Where Do You Want Stronger Protection?

Choose the risk you deal with today. Each course stands alone; combine them when your responsibilities span several areas.

🧾 AP Invoice Fraud

Spot suspicious vendors, invoices and payment requests. Know which controls to strengthen before money leaves the business.

Protect AP Payments   

👔 Payroll Fraud

Recognize ghost employees, false hours and diverted payments. Connect HR, payroll and finance controls.

Protect the Pay Run   

📊 Financial Reporting Ethics

Apply US GAAP and IFRS to revenue and estimate judgments. Respond confidently when reporting pressure challenges your professional judgment.

Reporting Judgment   

🔍 AI-Built AP Monitoring

Build an automated dashboard to review thousands of invoices and payments in seconds, flag 24 red-flag patterns and investigate connected cases.

Build the Fraud Dashboard   

Go Beyond Fraud Awareness — Know What to Do Next

Fully practical learning: connect the scheme or dilemma to the checks, controls and decisions that follow.
Every course includes bonus materials or takeaways you can return to at work.

Protect Invoice Payments and Payroll

See how ordinary invoices, vendor changes and payroll adjustments can conceal abuse. Strengthen approval, verification and monitoring controls to reduce opportunities for fraud and bring exceptions to light sooner.

Keep Reporting Grounded in Evidence

Use US GAAP and IFRS to assess revenue, estimates and sign-off. If you face reporting pressure—even occasionally—use practical decision tools to challenge assumptions and document a defensible response.

Make Follow-Up Repeatable

Take red-flag guides, checklists and structured review into everyday work. With the AP Dashboard, automate recurring checks, see the supporting transactions and preserve investigation work between periods.

Built for the People Who Run, Review
and Improve Finance

Find the course that fits your responsibility — not just your job title.

Controllers, CFOs & Finance Managers

Connect payment controls, payroll oversight and reporting integrity. Choose AP or Payroll Fraud for operational controls; Financial Reporting Ethics for US GAAP, IFRS, judgment and sign-off—including being under pressure. Add the Dashboard for recurring AP review. Explore all four courses according to the risks you own.
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Payroll, HR & People Operations

See how employee records, hours, pay changes and bank details can be manipulated. Use Payroll Fraud Prevention to strengthen the handoffs between HR, payroll and finance and make exception reviews more focused.
Explore Payroll Fraud   

Internal Auditors & Risk Professionals

Connect fraud schemes with control objectives, evidence and follow-up. Use the AP and Payroll courses to sharpen risk-based reviews, Ethics for reporting dilemmas, and the Dashboard to organize recurring AP investigations. Learn which controls and measures can be most effective in your organization.
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AP & P2P Teams

Recognize invoice, vendor and payment-diversion schemes, and make control improvements across onboarding, approvals and payment release. Pair AP Invoice Fraud with the Dashboard when you also want to build rule-based monitoring and structured follow-up.
Explore AP Invoice Fraud   
Build the AP Fraud Dashboard   

Chief Accountants, CFOs & Reporting Teams

If reporting pressure reaches you, this course is for you. Review key US GAAP and IFRS requirements for revenue and estimates, challenge aggressive judgments and late adjustments, and document a defensible response before sign-off. Take practical decision tools back to your reporting process and comply with local and international ethical standards.
Explore Reporting Ethics   

Consultants & Fractional CFOs

Bring a practical AP fraud dashboard into a client engagement, then adapt its rules, mappings and review workflow. Explore the other courses according to your assignment: AP or payroll processes, controls, or financial reporting under US GAAP and IFRS. If a client or reporting deadline puts you under pressure, the Ethics course is relevant too.
Build the AP Fraud Dashboard   
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ACFE · 2026 REPORT TO THE NATIONS

Fraud Can Stay Hidden — The Losses Do Not Stay Small

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) examined 2,402 occupational-fraud cases across 143 countries and territories, with more than $3.4 billion in reported losses.

$104K

Median loss per case

Half of reported case losses were above this midpoint. ↗

12

Months before detection

Median duration of the fraud schemes studied. ↗

$600K

Upper-quartile loss threshold

The 75th percentile—the threshold for the highest-loss quarter of cases. ↗

$1M

Financial-statement fraud median loss

Present in 6% of cases: less frequent, but high-impact. ↗
A small recurring loss can become a six-figure problem.
Connect the warning signs sooner—and strengthen the controls that interrupt the pattern.

AP, payroll and financial reporting: different risks

Billing schemes appeared in 21% of cases, with a $90,000 median loss and 14-month median duration. Billing was the second-most-common asset-misappropriation sub-scheme—not the second-most-expensive.

Payroll fraud appeared in 10% of cases globally, with a $63,000 median loss and 13-month median duration. In the US and Canada, payroll appeared in 14% of cases—about one in seven investigated cases, not one in seven companies.

Financial-statement fraud appeared in 6% of cases, with a $1 million median loss and a $4.808 million 75th-percentile loss. It can coexist with other schemes; percentages are not mutually exclusive.
ACFE 2026 · pp. 12, 15, 18, 22, 96 ↗

When people collude, losses rise

One perpetrator: 51% of cases, $55,000 median loss.
Two: 18% of cases, $125,000 median loss.
Three or more: 31% of cases, $324,000 median loss.

Among cases involving co-conspirators, median losses were $200,000 with other employees, $240,000 with vendors and $372,000 with customers. Groups can overlap.

This study concerns occupational fraud—insider abuse, sometimes with outside accomplices. It does not compare occupational fraud with fraud committed entirely by outsiders.
ACFE 2026 · pp. 63, 64 ↗

US & Canada and Western Europe

US and Canada:
  • $110,000 median loss
  • $550,000 at the 75th percentile
  • Billing appeared in 25% of cases
  • Payroll in 14%

Western Europe:
  • $150,000 median loss
  • $1.225 million at the 75th percentile
  • Billing appeared in 21% of cases
  • Payroll in 7%

These are comparisons within ACFE’s investigated cases—not regional fraud rates or the probability that a business will be affected.
ACFE 2026 · pp. 51, 96, 98 ↗

Small and large organizations both need controls

Median losses were:
  • $126,000 for organizations with fewer than 100 employees
  • $123,000 for those with 10,000 or more
compared with:
  • $110,000 for 100–999
  • $100,000 for 1,000–9,999 employees.

These figures show loss severity among the victim organizations studied, not proof that either size group is more likely to experience fraud. Match the controls to your organization’s resources, complexity and risks.
ACFE 2026 · p. 51 ↗
Source: ACFE, Occupational Fraud 2026: A Report to the Nations. All losses are in USD. Findings concern investigated occupational-fraud cases, not fraud incidence across all organizations. Scheme categories may overlap.
Four Practical Courses

Choose Your Fraud Prevention & Ethics Course

Inspect the full course information, inclusions and current price, then add your choice to the cart. Open the individual course page for the complete materials, curriculum and course-specific FAQs.
Four fully practical courses, each with its own bonus materials and takeaways. AP and Payroll focus on schemes and controls; Ethics combines reporting judgment with US GAAP and IFRS; the Dashboard adds a hands-on AI build and repeatable AP monitoring.

AP Invoice Fraud Prevention

Red Flags & Effective Controls

Master red-flag detection and fraud controls to safeguard accounts payable billing. Uncover shell vendors, fictitious invoices and vendor master manipulation schemes — with AI and technology-powered controls.
  • CPE/CPD: 4.5 credits*
  • Video: 3 hours
  • Text: 67 pages
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Add to cart € 247 € 197

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FRAUD PREVENTION PROGRAM
  • Premium edition (see below)
  • Text Course: 27,000 words
  • Quizzes: 32 questions
  • Access: Forever
  • All levels
  • Certificate of completion
  • English subtitles
AP Billing Fraud: 21% of all fraud cases globally · 25% in USA & Canada · median loss $90K · 25% cases > $371K · 14 months to discover

Payroll Fraud Prevention

Red Flags & Effective Controls

Master red-flag detection and fraud controls to safeguard payroll processing. Uncover ghost employees, fake timesheets & payment diversion schemes with AI-powered automated controls.
  • CPE/CPD: 2.5 credits*
  • Video: 1.5 hours
  • Text: 42 pages
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Add to cart € 197 € 147

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FRAUD PREVENTION PROGRAM
  • Premium edition (see below)
  • Text Course: 14,200 words
  • Quizzes: 21 questions
  • Access: Forever
  • All levels
  • Certificate of completion
  • English subtitles
Payroll Fraud: 10% of occupational-fraud cases globally · 14% in USA & Ca · median loss $63K · 25% cases > $230K · 13 months to discover

Financial Reporting Ethics

Tools and Mastery

Report with integrity — even under pressure. Spot revenue and estimate red flags under US GAAP & IFRS, apply 5 practical tools and learn from Under Armour, Carillion and Wirecard.
  • CPE/CPD: 7.0 credits*
  • Video: 3.5 hours
  • Text: 43K words
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FRAUD PREVENTION PROGRAM
  • Text Course: 133 pages
  • Frameworks: US GAAP & IFRS
  • Downloads: 7 files
  • Cases: 4 large case studies
  • Quizzes: 64 questions
  • Access: Forever
  • Certificate of completion
✓ Your bonus toolkit: 5 practical tools for pressure, revenue, estimates, sign-off and cross-border reporting

AI Finance Series

Build Your AP Billing Fraud Dashboard

Copy ready-made prompts to build a dashboard that flags 24 potential fraud patterns and supports connected investigations.
  • CPE/CPD: 5.0 credits*
  • Video: 3 hours
  • Bonuses: 17 files
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AI FINANCE SERIES
  • Premium edition (see below)
  • Course Notes: 29 pages
  • Red flags: 24 patterns
  • Excel source data: 32 sheets
  • Quizzes: 45 questions
  • Access: Forever
  • Certificate of completion
‼️ AP Billing Fraud: 25% of fraud cases in USA & Canada · median loss $90K · monitoring 53% lower losses
✓ Our Dashboard: identifies 24 fraud patterns in thousands of connected transactions instantly

Combine AP Fraud Prevention with Automated Review

A two-pronged approach to AP billing fraud and vendor-data manipulation:
1. understand the risks, red flags and controls
2. put the automated review into action

  • AP Invoice Fraud Prevention teaches the schemes, warning signs and controls.
  • Build Your AP Billing Fraud Dashboard turns defined rules into automated review: scan thousands of invoices and payments in seconds, cross-check approval and bank-change information, and see flagged transactions, rule explanations and supporting data together. Follow connected findings through one investigation and carry the work forward.
  • These two courses complement each other; neither is a prerequisite for the other.
Explore AP Invoice Fraud   
Build the AP Fraud Dashboard   

From a Warning Sign to a Practical Response

Learn a way of thinking you can apply when an unusual transaction, a control gap or a pressured reporting request reaches your desk.

1

Recognize

Understand the scheme, reporting pressure or pattern behind the warning sign

2

Check

Look for supporting evidence, legitimate explanations and the control that should have operated

3

Act

Document the issue, involve the right people and follow the appropriate escalation path

4

Improve

Strengthen the workflow, clarify responsibility and make the next review more consistent

Learn Through Cases, Not Just Definitions

Work through invoice and payroll schemes, and reporting failures including Under Armour, Carillion and Wirecard. Connect the cases and relevant US GAAP/IFRS requirements to what you would review, challenge or change.

Add Technology Where It Helps

The prevention courses explain AI and technology-supported controls. The separate Dashboard course is the hands-on build: AI develops and checks the code; you review important results.

Leave with Practical Bonus Materials

Every course includes its own bonus materials or workplace takeaways: red-flag resources, reporting decision tools, or dashboard prompts, fictitious practice data and working versions. Check the individual page for the exact inclusions.

Keep Judgment and Accountability Clear

A red flag is an investigation lead, not proof of fraud. A checklist or dashboard supports your work; it does not replace a professional conclusion.

Become the Person Who Knows What to Do Next

Show measurable improvements: time saved, controls implemented, exceptions found sooner and potential financial exposure identified—not just another completed course.

Add Value in Your Current Role

Implement controls that reduce opportunities for fraud and help catch exceptions sooner. Track what changed: review hours saved, control gaps closed and the value of transactions needing follow-up.

Strengthen Consulting & Fractional Work

Bring a working AP fraud dashboard, a focused control review or a reporting decision framework to your client. Agree the baseline and success measures, then demonstrate the workflow improvement and documented findings.

Build Skills That Carry Forward

Reuse the logic behind schemes, evidence, escalation and control design. Apply reporting judgment under US GAAP and IFRS when pressure arises, and—with the Dashboard—build AI-assisted tools for the next recurring task.

Learn from a Finance Practitioner

Peter Ilas, FCCA

  • A 30-year career in leadership positions in finance, accounting, external and internal audit, and business controls through consulting services

  • Versatile interim executive fulfilling finance leadership roles

  • Seasoned expert in finance and accounting, with a distinguished record of achievements
  • Committed strategic advisor, bringing a wealth of innovative ideas
  • Business processes and controls improver
  • Creator of the world's first comprehensive courses on E-Invoicing Mandates
  • Author of project management books, under Ready Set Agile brand
  • Explore my complete profile and accomplishments on LinkedIn

From Course Learners

I thought this topic was very interesting.
I appreciated how the presenter organized the presentation in a methodical manner with topic recaps. I look forward to learning more from the speaker in the future.
KRISTEN W., CPA (US)
The course includes updated concepts like AI and RPA. I like it and I will pass it along to my colleagues.
Famorcan M., CIA
It was good course and I gained a lot of useful knowledge about how to prevent payroll fraud.
Yen Ju T., ACCA

Questions Before You Choose

Which course should I take first?

Start with the risk or responsibility closest to your work.
  • AP Invoice Fraud: vendor, invoice and payment schemes, warning signs, and preventive and detective controls.
  • Payroll Fraud: ghost employees, false hours and diverted payments, connected to HR, payroll and finance controls.
  • Financial Reporting Ethics: for reporting pressure. Review revenue recognition under ASC 606/IFRS 15 and provisions and contingencies under ASC 450/IAS 37. Explore impairment and other estimates, building accounting understanding alongside ethical judgment. Use five practical tools, including Go International for cross-border framework comparisons.
  • AP Fraud Dashboard: build automated checks for 24 red-flag patterns and a recurring investigation workflow.
All four are practical, include course-specific bonus materials or takeaways, and stand alone; there is no compulsory sequence.

What is the difference between AP Invoice Fraud Prevention and the AP Fraud Dashboard?

Think of them as two complementary capabilities:
  • The prevention course explains how AP schemes work, what warning signs to recognize and which controls to strengthen. 
  • The Dashboard course is a guided AI build. The tool reviews thousands of connected invoices, payments, bank-account records and approvals in seconds. It applies 24 red-flag patterns, cross-checks supporting information and organizes related findings with rule explanations and transaction-level evidence.
The Dashboard explains the rules it uses; the prevention course supplies the broader control perspective. They are separate courses, not two editions of the same product, and neither is a prerequisite.

Do I need a fraud, audit or ethics qualification?

No specialist fraud, audit or ethics qualification is required. These courses serve a broad range of professionals: internal and external auditors, controllers and CFOs, chief accountants and reporting teams, AP processors and P2P leaders, payroll and HR professionals, consultants and fractional finance leaders.

You may meet the same scheme or ethical dilemma from different angles; practical explanations, cases and takeaways help you connect new learning to your responsibilities. Basic finance, payroll or accounting familiarity is useful. The Dashboard build also requires neither coding skills nor previous AI experience: supplied prompts and detailed instructions guide you.

What practical resources will I take away?

Each course includes its own practical bonus materials and takeaways:
  • AP and Payroll Fraud provide written explanations and red-flag resources for reviewing schemes and controls. 
  • Financial Reporting Ethics includes five practical tools for handling reporting pressure, revenue recognition, estimate guidance, ethical sign-off and going international, alongside its 43,000-word text course.
  • The Dashboard includes prompts, fictitious practice files, working tool versions and review guidance. 
Use the materials relevant to your role; see each individual page for the exact inventory, which differs by course.

Which course involves building an AI tool?

The AP Dashboard is the hands-on build course. Use a suitable AI service, preferably a paid plan to avoid file and usage limits. AI develops a local HTML tool that opens in your browser without a separate installation or an ongoing AI subscription to run it. You gain both a practical tool and a reusable building skill.

Can I customize the Dashboard without exposing company or client data?

Build and practise with the fictitious course data. The Dashboard course explains safe customization, including the use of sanitized examples, rule settings and mappings while respecting data privacy and company policies. The finished course tool processes imported data locally in your browser. Follow the relevant AI-use, security and storage rules during development and everyday use, and review important outputs when adapting the tool. The course explains all these measures.

Do the courses offer CPE/CPD credits, and will Ethics meet my mandatory requirement?

Each course page explains its estimated credits, instructional basis and completion requirements. Financial Reporting Ethics bases its credit estimate on the text-learning format. The other courses base their estimates on video lessons and assessment activities, as explained on their individual pages

This is general professional ethics training, not a substitute for a board-specific or jurisdiction-specific ethics course. Confirm acceptance with your professional or licensing body before claiming. A Certificate of Completion is available after the relevant requirements are met; these courses do not award a fraud-examiner designation.

Are these courses relevant globally?

Yes. The fraud schemes and control principles apply across borders, while local employment, privacy, reporting and escalation requirements still need to be followed. Financial Reporting Ethics covers both US GAAP and IFRS and compares professional frameworks across several jurisdictions; its Go International tool helps you consider differences in framework emphasis, including situations when local, legal, professional and international rules and "what is accepted in some countries" differ or are in conflict.

Can I use what I learn with my team or consulting clients?

Yes, and I strongly encourage you to put what you learn here into practice — apply the control ideas, bonus tools and reporting frameworks to your team’s or client’s work. Adapt the Dashboard to the agreed fields, rules, responsibilities and review workflow rather than treating every organization as identical.

How does access work, and can my company buy several seats?

You have lifetime access to the course you purchase, with its course updates included. This does not include future separately sold courses or automatic access to the other courses on this page.

Exact materials, current price, tax and refund terms are on the individual sales page and at checkout.

For team seats, use Training a Team? Contact Us, or email support@rsagile.com with the courses and number of learners.

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Choose one risk, judgment or workflow to improve. Take practical skills and useful bonus materials back to your team or client—and show what changes.
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