July 20, 2023

In-Person

The Ridgeline Hotel Estes Park
101 S St Vrain Ave, Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado 80517

4 CPE

CPE Mountain Retreat: Fraud Basics: Protecting the Company Till

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    Instructor

    Keely
    Gohl

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    Keely Gohl, CPA, CGMA

    Bio

    Keely Gohl CPA, CGMA

    Keely Gohl obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Accountancy from the University of Denver. The first 14 years of her career were with KPMG – 11 years in the Audit practice, 3 years in the National Industry Learning & Development office. Keely decided to use her experience to give back to organizations who had helped her along the way. She served the University of Denver (in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences divisions) as the Director of Budget and Planning from 2012 to 2016.

    She then served the Denver Dumb Friends League as Controller from 2016 to 2018. She went on to serve as the Director of Finance & Administration for a local church that also ran a pre-K through 8 th school. Her service in not-for-profits helped her to realize that many organizations need the expertise of a CPA but do not always have the resources they need to employ one full-time. This led her to form her own consulting business, Favor Financial LLC, to help organizations with that expertise. She launched this is May 2019. This has also allowed her time to re-engage in executive education – which she loves!

    She is currently developing and instructing executive education courses for the Colorado Society of CPAs, CPA Crossings LLC, the University of Denver Daniel’s College of Business, and other private clients.

The focus of this course is reducing the overall risk of fraud. To that end, instruction will cover the factors that play a role in turning honest employees into fraudsters. Discussion will touch on integrity and ethics, as well as how the reactions of people in certain situations may impact the prevalence of fraud. The course will also explore the dark net and cryptocurrency fraud.

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize the prevalence of fraud
  • Understand the ways an organization may unintentionally cause fraud
  • Identify the costs of fraud
  • Comprehend how the new COSO framework for internal control focuses on fraud
  • Grasp the importance of an internal control environment
  • Understand how people may respond differently to certain factors
  • See that there are many layers involved in fraud defense

Major Topics

  • The price of fraud – ACFE’s Report to the Nations and ancillary costs
  • The current economy – microeconomics and analysis
  • COSO internal control framework, particularly Principle 1 (integrity/ethics) and Principle 8 (fraud risk assessments)
  • Power of morale – shrinking the fraud triangle and employee motivation
  • Why good folks go bad – interesting findings and red flags

CPE Credits Available

4 CPE
4
Auditing

The Ridgeline Hotel Estes Park

101 S St Vrain Ave, Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado 80517

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Things to Know About This Course

Course Level

  • Basic

Prerequisites

None

Advanced Preparation

None

Intended Audience

CPAs in public practice and industry who wish to educate clients or colleagues on preventing fraud from occurring at the source

Provider

Surgent CPE

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