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A Guidebook for Partners, Co-Owners, and Principals
The Small Business Fraud Detection Guidebook
By a retired CPA auditor
Financial Defense Publishing
$49.00
PDF download · 101 pages · Letter size, printable
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For partners, co-owners, and officers
The Small Business Fraud Detection Guidebook
In a closely held business, the person who keeps the books controls the truth, and an honest partner can still end up owing the payroll taxes, the loans, and the lawsuits. This guidebook shows you how to find fraud, prove it, and stop it.
15
fraud schemes
30+
real cases since 2021
Your exposure
explained for every scheme
The schemes it covers
Classic schemes
- The phantom loan
- Gift card cash-outs
- Secretly pledged assets and hidden debt
- Cash and inventory skimming
- Misdirected customer payments
- Fake vendors and shell companies
- Misappropriated company assets
- Fake DBAs and shadow bank accounts
- Misused customer deposits
Modern schemes
- Payment app diversion
- Social media and lead harvesting
- AI-enabled fraud
- Cryptocurrency diversion
- Fictitious customers
- Payroll and ACH manipulation
You also get
- The core documents to request, and what to look for in each
- Prevention controls a small company can actually run, starting with five low-cost ones
- When and how to hire an attorney, a forensic auditor, and a tax specialist
- A master checklist, an evidence log, and a glossary of more than 60 terms