An Auditor's Guide to Payment App Fraud
Detecting and Preventing Fraud using Payment Apps
for Small Business Owners
Financial Defense Publishing
PDF download · 57 pages · Letter size, printable
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For small business owners and partners
Detecting and Preventing Fraud using Payment Apps
How partners, employees, and bookkeepers use Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, Zelle, and Apple Pay to divert business money, fake payment receipts, and hide assets, and how to catch and stop it. Written by a retired CPA auditor. 57-page printable PDF.
57
pages, printable
5
payment apps covered
Step by step
checklists and an evidence log
What’s inside
Diverted funds
How money moves through personal Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, Zelle, and Apple Pay accounts.
Fake receipts
How to spot fake payment screenshots and receipts.
Hidden assets
How business assets get hidden from a partner.
Review checklists
Step-by-step checklists for reviewing statements and app activity.
Prevention controls
Controls that prevent fraud before it starts.
Evidence log
Fill-in prompts and an evidence log to document what you find.
A real court case
A real court case showing how it happens.
Looking for the broader partner-fraud guide? See The Small Business Fraud Detection Guidebook.