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FRAUD RISK [15 records]

Record 1 2025-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Weak candidates provided a generic external audit planning memo, which included a discussion of risks of material misstatement at the overall financial statement level. As a result, weak candidates struggled to provide factors that increased the risk of fraud...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Les candidats faibles ont présenté [une note] de planification de l'audit externe générique, qui comprenait une analyse des risques d'anomalies significatives au niveau des états financiers pris dans leur ensemble. Ils ont donc eu du mal à présenter des facteurs qui augmentaient le risque de fraude [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Risks and Threats (Security)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Government Accounting
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

Employees will justify their actions in committing ESG(environmental, social and governance) fraud the same way they do when committing financial fraud. "No one gets hurt;" "it's not a big deal;" and "it's for the greater good of the company" are common rationales. And with remuneration increasingly linked to ESG performance, personal hardship is a potential fraud risk factor at every level of an organization.

Key term(s)
  • potential fraud-risk factor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Risques et menaces (Sécurité)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Government Accounting
CONT

A fraud risk assessment is an assessment conducted over the areas of the organization where there is potential fraud risk. Auditors examine company assets, financial documentation, and disclosures. This process seeks to identify fraud risks to the organization...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Comptabilité publique

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
CONT

Risk assessment procedures [are] audit procedures performed to obtain an understanding of the entity and its environment, including the entity's internal control, to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, at the financial statement and assertion levels.

OBS

risk assessment procedure: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • risk assessment procedures

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
CONT

[Les] procédures d'évaluation des risques [sont des] procédures d'audit mises en œuvre pour acquérir une compréhension de l'entité et de son environnement, y compris de son contrôle interne, dans le but d'identifier et d'évaluer les risques d'anomalies significatives, que celles-ci résultent de fraudes ou d'erreurs, aux niveaux des états financiers et des assertions.

OBS

procédure d'évaluation des risques; procédure d'appréciation des risques : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

OBS

procédure d'appréciation des risques : Le terme «appréciation des risques» a été en usage dans les normes d'audit canadiennes jusqu'en décembre 2010, date à laquelle un consensus international a entériné l'emploi de la désignation «évaluation des risques».

Key term(s)
  • procédures d'évaluation des risques
  • procédures d'appréciation des risques

Spanish

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Record 5 2024-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations
  • Accounting
CONT

In order to perform effective risk assessment procedures, auditors are reminded to consider all three conditions that provide clues to the existence of a potential fraud. Forensic accountants often refer to these conditions as the "fraud triangle"...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion
  • Comptabilité
CONT

Pour mettre en œuvre des procédures d'évaluation des risques efficaces, les auditeurs ne doivent pas oublier [de] tenir compte de l'ensemble des trois conditions qui constituent des indices de l'existence d'une fraude potentielle. Les juricomptables désignent fréquemment ces trois conditions comme constituant «le triangle de la fraude» [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2024-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Control
  • Auditing (Accounting)
CONT

A fraud risk assessment is an assessment conducted over the areas of the organization where there is potential fraud risk. Auditors examine company assets, financial documentation, and disclosures. This process seeks to identify fraud risks to the organization — both internal and external fraud — analyze those risks, and develop an action plan for mitigating or controlling those risks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de gestion
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)

Spanish

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Record 7 2024-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Program Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Military Administration
  • Management Control
OBS

[The] FRM Program will be launching targeted fraud risk assessments, while also providing [an] introductory fraud awareness course on the [Defence Learning Network].

Key term(s)
  • Fraud Risk Management Programme
  • FRM Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes (Forces armées)
  • Administration militaire
  • Contrôle de gestion
OBS

[...] le Programme de GRF [...] lancera des évaluations ciblées des risques de fraude, tout en proposant un [...] cours d'introduction sur la sensibilisation à la fraude au moyen du Réseau d'apprentissage de la défense.

Spanish

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Record 8 2024-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations
  • Auditing (Accounting)
CONT

Fraud risk management involves assessing the risk of the various types of fraud to which [an organization] is vulnerable, both internally and externally. Fraud risk management is therefore of crucial importance to the financial security and reputation of an organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)

Spanish

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Record 9 2024-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Control
  • Auditing (Accounting)
CONT

... the objectives of a fraud risk management program are distinct and separate from those of an enterprise risk management program.... Fraud risk management programs... focus on issues pertaining to fraud, misconduct, noncompliance, and malpractice across all areas of business.

Key term(s)
  • fraud risk management programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de gestion
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)

Spanish

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Record 10 2024-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Control
  • Auditing (Accounting)
CONT

... auditors identify and evaluate fraud risk factors... Fraud risk factors are often classified based on three conditions :(1) incentives/pressures to commit fraud,(2) perceived opportunities to commit fraud, and(3) an ability to rationalize fraudulent actions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de gestion
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
CONT

[...] les auditeurs identifient et évaluent les facteurs de risque de fraude [...] Les facteurs de risque de fraude sont souvent classés en fonction de trois conditions : 1) les incitatifs et les pressions à commettre des fraudes, 2) les occasions perçues de commettre des fraudes, et 3) la capacité de rationaliser des actes frauduleux.

Spanish

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Record 11 2022-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
CONT

A field auditor is responsible for traveling to off-site locations, investigating areas of concern, and formulating risk assessments. Field auditors routinely evaluate employee compliance with company policies, investigate any discrepancies found, and document them for action by management. A field auditor is more likely to have a specific area of expertise, such as auditing inventory or examining fraud issues.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
OBS

auditeur sur place; auditrice sur place : le Bureau de la traduction du gouvernement du Canada recommande l'usage des termes «auditeur» et «auditrice» comme équivalents de l'anglais «auditor» dans le domaine de la comptabilité (REC-13/2013-02).

Spanish

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Record 12 2019-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Safety
  • Collaboration with the FAO
DEF

A point, step or procedure at which control can be applied and a defect can be prevented, eliminated or reduced to acceptable level, or a fraud risk eliminated...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Collaboration avec la FAO

Spanish

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Record 13 2012-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

Bogus activity generated by an affiliate in an attempt to generate illegitimate, unearned revenue.

CONT

After the fact, affiliate fraud can sometimes be spotted by checking activity logs for unusual patterns. Proactive protection may involve manually approving affiliate applications, although this minimization of fraud must be balanced against the risk of losing legitimate, productive affiliates who don’t want to wait for approval.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

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Record 14 2007-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
CONT

High risk analysis(HRA) teams were also established to conduct further in-depth risk assessment on the information provided by registrants. These teams use data interrogation software applications to highlight GST [goods and services tax] accounts that exhibit characteristics indicative of fraud.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
CONT

Des équipes chargées de l'analyse du risque élevé ont également été établies pour effectuer une évaluation plus approfondie du risque lié aux renseignements fournis par les inscrits. Ces équipes utilisent des applications logicielles d'interrogation de données pour faire ressortir les comptes de TPS [taxe sur les produits et services] qui présentent les caractéristiques d'une fraude.

Spanish

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Record 15 2006-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

Taking steps to protect your debit card and PIN [personal identification number] will help reduce your risk of being a victim of fraud.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
CONT

En prenant des mesures pour protéger votre carte de débit et votre NIP [numéro d'identification personnel], vous réduirez le risque d'être victime d'une fraude.

Spanish

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