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Red Flags of Infrastructure Fraud (AUDT8005)

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Red Flags of Infrastructure Fraud

Description

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provides $1.2 trillion in federal spending over the next five years mostly in grants and contracts to states and local governments for Public Transit, Railways, Power Grids Electric Vehicles. Electric buses, Ferries, Airports, Waterways, Climate change, Broadband Internet, Environmental Protection, Drinking Water, and Transportation Safety. This program of fast-moving money, with untested controls provides vast opportunities for fraud and waste. Auditors, investigators, special agents, grants, and contract managers at all levels of government will need to be especially vigilant of possible schemes and red flag indicators of fraud that robs the public of funds and performance

Duration

1 day

Level

Intermediate

Who Should Attend?

Auditors, investigators, Special Agents, inspectors, contract, grant and program managers involved in approving IIJA project spending and monitoring or inspecting performance, compliance and fund accountability.

Credits

0.6 CEU's, 8 CPE's

Learning Outcomes

Understand the basics of IIJA, the agencies, the projects, and the spending Understand Auditors' responsibilities for fraud awareness and detection Assessing the risks, controls, and environment for fraud Be aware of fraud schemes and indicators that are common to federally funded projects Understand the federal civil and criminal statutes that fraud schemes violate Reinforce knowledge of schemes through sampling of prosecuted infrastructure cases

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