This was an excellent course for increasing awareness of the necessity for a keen eye when reviewing financial statements. All variations are not Fraud, Waste or Abuse but all statements should be looked at with an eye toward "what does not make sense or look right". I realize the course is designed to help with uncovering Fraud, Waste and Abuse, however not all accountants are forensic in their approach to a review. This is true even when a client asks for assistance with some facet of the financials they have been given. The question is always, "What has happened to my COGS? The course's broader appeal is unique. I do believe the course materials should be reviewed and updated. In particular the final exam has a question with one of the answers indirectly pointing to materials covered in ASC 842, Accounting for Leases??? Really?? Generally, the course was interesting, with lots of detail and the cases were fun to work through. I took the position of working out my answers to each case prior to listening to the lecture segment of the case likely solution. Thank you Mr. Granger

An outstanding overview of excellent information from start to finish. I absolutely loved the pulling-apart of financial relationships to show how marginal-analysis over a period of time can (easily) highlight items/areas of risk. However, I do have one potential concern on the exuberance of a "CFE" going dumpster-diving for evidence, getting search-warrants, etc. A few of these items in this area seemed to be a bit out-of-lane or to be cautioned, concerning role/responsibility. That was the ONLY time my eyebrows went up (i.e., a truly outstanding presentation otherwise).

I was initially surprised by the storytelling approach of the instructor, since I was expecting something more formal. But over the course of the training, I grew to love the instructor's approach. If I am still a student he will easily become my favorite professor, he made the 8 hours very interesting and dynamic.

Wonderful course, great examples. Was confused by some seemingly conflicting information in the reports but very helpful in understanding the topic. This instructor has a lot of valuable experience that he uses to give a practical understanding of the subject. Looking forward to more courses from him!

It's okay of a course. Most of this course is repetitive. Maybe if accountants/cpas actually took the idea of fraud seriously might be meaningful. Unfortunately, so many cpas just don't appear just want to push the work through without actually providing accurate financial information.

Great review of fraud and the tools used to prevent and detect it in a business, as every business faces the possibility of asset misappropriation and financial statement manipulation. I appreciated the descriptions of analysis tools as research functions - trust but verify.

Content of the course was very good and the instructor provide many examples to bring it to life. I appreciated the case study/problems at the end of the course. My only criticism is that that some of the exam question were poorly written and had more than one correct answer.

Really enjoyed the specific examples of fraud and the case analysis. Would have liked the answers provided (especially the amount of fraud committed on the 1st case) to compare to mine. Two of the review questions were wrong or stated badly and should be corrected.

Good course. We recently uncovered a skimming scheme by a 10+ year employee. We have some controls in place, but he was still able to circumvent them. That sparked my interest in this topic again. Picked up a few ideas that we may be able to implement.

This program was awesome and I really enjoyed Garlands style and charisma. Even though I am taking constantly courses related to fraud prevention and detection this one has a lot of interesting new information or perspectives to look at stuff.