Attacking the small business owner with a variety of different “Scams and Schemes”, white-collar criminals are stealing each and every day! On the average, 4 out of 10 healthcare offices are or will be victims of fraud and embezzlement!
This seminar gives the attendee take-home, proven internal controls to safeguard their assets. This seminar is designed so attendees can empower themselves with enough knowledge to reduce the risk of becoming a victim. It also provides attendees the needed tools to recognize fraud and embezzlement and provides a step-by-step action plan for prevention and prosecution.
One out of four Healthcare professionals is or has been a victim of embezzlement!
- Are you next?
- Is your practice vulnerable?
- How do you prevent embezzlement?
Learn from actual “Embezzled Cases”!
- Examine how actual case of computer fraud can transpire!
- Discover the reports that are needed to review to reduce financial misappropriation!
- Become familiar with the necessity of your Daily Audit Trail!
Establish a system of Proven Internal Controls to protect your revenues!
- What are the essential internal controls?
- Learn how to implement the internal controls!
Identity the Dishonest Employee~ Learn the classic identifying traits of a dishonest employee!
- Be proactive in hiring techniques with understanding of the embezzler’s rational and logic!
- Study actual crimes that substantiate the classic profile!
Prevent employing a dishonest employee in your practice!
- Discover the benefits of background checks!
- Learn the proven way to complete reference checks!
- What is bonding and is it worth it?
What is involved in the discovery and investigation of fraud and embezzlement?
- You are victim, now what do you do?
- How do you prosecute and recover lost revenue?
- How do you interact with the local law enforcement agencies to bring justice to your practice?
Topics include: Computer Fraud, Payroll Schemes, Check Tampering, Bogus Invoice Schemes, and False Refunds and Voids. The topic of Computer Fraud is approached in a manner to make Computer Fraud easily discovered.
The attendees also will learn the profile and psychological basis of the white-collar criminal through the experiences of a victim, Donald P. Lewis, Jr., DDS, CFE, and this seminar presents a format of reactive measures from discovery through prosecution.
All these scams and schemes are punctuated by real-life cases. Dr. Lewis has a very unique way of presenting this material in a humorous but serious tone. Attendees are always amazed at the passion and energy of this harrowing topic in particular and the seminar in general.
Yes, there is nothing quite like easy money! This course provides proven strategies to help deter and prevent this silent crime from happening. By presenting this seminar to your members, you will be sending a strong message that you care about their financial well being.
This seminar has been proven to be highly successful with dentists and spouses. Book this seminar and give your members the first great step to reducing embezzlement and fraud in the office. When dentists are aware of the strategies that their employees (i.e. silent partners”/criminals) use, they are less likely to be a victim.
This course is for doctors, spouses and accountants only.
Contact Donald P. Lewis Jr., DDS, CFE today and invite him to speak to your group.
Embezzlement In The Dental Office – Why is it an important topic?
Employee embezzlement and fraud cost the American Economy:
- Greater than $400 Billion annually!
- Losses represent 2-5% of the Gross National Product!
- Crime in the SUITE is 10 times the cost of crime in the STREET!
- Is increasing at a 15% annual rate!
- The average shoplifter steals about $196 per incident!
- The average employee thief steals about $1350 per month!
- Monthly reported cases have increased 3 fold annually!
- On the average, 3 out of 4 employees will steal at least once!
Closer to home: On the average, 4 out of 10 healthcare offices could be victims of this silent crime!
Are you aware that Dishonest employees will steal:
- Daily – 3%
- Weekly – 7%
- Monthly – 20%
- Yearly – 70%
Did you know:
- It has been proven that would be thieves would think twice before stealing if they knew that they will be punished if caught!
- There is an inverse relationship between stealing and being caught!
- There is no system known system that is totally immune from embezzlement and fraud!
- The key is to limit and control the extent to which any one person is in charge so you can at least detect a problem.
- There is a direct relationship between theft and trust:
- Those that you trust the least will usually steal the least….
- And….. Those that you trust the most will usually steal the MOST!
1. The main target of Embezzlement and Fraud is CASH…but can include:
- Check Fraud
- Credit Card Fraud
- Supply Theft
- Payroll Fraud
- Bogus Billing and invoice schemes
- Dummy Companies
- Pay and Return schemes
- Electronic transfer schemes
- Financial modem hacking schemes
2. To REDUCE EMBEZZLEMENT you MUST:
- Recognize that this crime exists.
- Realize that it can happen to anyone!!
- Take an active role in prevention!
- Take the proper external and internal controls to prevent this crime.
- Realize that inappropriate acceptance is potentially critical financially!
This seminar can be tailored to your group’s needs and time constraints.
Seminars are offered in a 1,2,3,4 and 6 hour format.
Contact Donald P. Lewis Jr., DDS, CFE today and invite him to speak to your group.
