Why am I doing a talk on check washing fraud? If you ever heard a talk by Frank Abagnale on Credit Cards you may have heard him talk about this. This may seem like a relic from the past, a scam that thrived in the bygone eras of the '70s, '80s, and '90s, when check fraud was a booming industry. Yet, there's a twist to this tale. 'Check washing' scams are on the rise, prompting warnings from law enforcement nationwide. Against all hope and expectations, this all but forgotten scam has made a comeback, with a vengeance that no cannot be ignored. #fraud #checkwashing #accountspayable

Changes to the Uniform Commercial Code in the mid-90s resulted in companies taking actions that put a real dent in the big business of check fraud. Unfortunately, it’s back with a vengeance! Make sure you stick around until the end when I share the one tactic YOU can use to help protect yourself against this horrific crime. A trending bank fraud, called check washing, starts when a scammer steals your check - out of the mail - then uses chemicals to "wash" off the ink, fills in their own name and cashes it -- cleaning out your bank account. And worse.

Accounts payable and accounting require the use of both accounts payable best practices and strong account payable internal controls. For many organizations, the review of expense reports and the requests for reimbursement of expenses, is handled in accounts payable. For the accounts payable process to work well, best practices for AP should be used. By their very nature, accounts payable best practices incorporate strong internal controls and avoid AP control weaknesses.

Link to Real-Life Fraud: How Hollywood Depicts Accounting Scandals in the Movies

https://youtu.be/dec6bkMhmrE

Link to Check Fraud: Positive Pay [Stop Losses] https://youtu.be/W31n_hPEiSw

Link to Check Signing: Worst Practiceshttps://youtu.be/YYB-ZvQZ1Fo

Link to AP Now’s Invoice Series https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HeE6BWKJaVwVMsri7UfQ4vh

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