Review the various fraud schemes

Overview: Journal assignments in this course are private between you and the instructor. A course journal in is generally made up of multiple individual
assignments.
The Fraud Prevention and Detection in an Automated World document discusses various types of fraud and ways to detect and prevent fraud using data analysis
techniques. In this assignment, you will research a specific fraud scheme and discuss how data analysis tools were used to find the fraud.
Prompt: For this journal assignment, you will review the various fraud schemes on page 10 of the fraud prevention document. Then, find a news article that
discusses one of these fraud schemes found in an organization within the past two years. Describe the fraud and the actual or potential tests used to find the
fraud.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
 Identify a current news article that reports on a recent fraud scheme.
 Examine a fraud scheme found in an organization.
 Describe the various data analysis tools or tests used to find the fraud.
 Explore ways to prevent the fraud.

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