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Financial Management Institute

Financial Management Institute. Halifax 2007-09-19 Inspector Eric Mattson Officer in Charge RCMP Financial Crime Nova Scotia. FRAUD ON THE GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION. FRAUD EXTERNAL INTERNAL CORRUPTION ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY RATIONALIZATION . EXTERNAL FRAUD .

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Financial Management Institute

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  1. Financial Management Institute Halifax 2007-09-19 Inspector Eric Mattson Officer in Charge RCMP Financial Crime Nova Scotia

  2. FRAUD ON THE GOVERNMENT • CORRUPTION

  3. FRAUD EXTERNAL INTERNAL CORRUPTION ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY RATIONALIZATION

  4. EXTERNAL FRAUD • PROGRAMS • APPLICATION FOR GRANTS • APPLICATION FOR LOANS • APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE • REFUNDS FOR PROGRAMS ALREADY IN PLACE

  5. WHERE MONEY IS INVOLVED THER WILL BE FRAUD • WHEN THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FRAUD THERE WILL BE AN ATTEMPT

  6. PROGRAMS • POLITICAL • RUSHED • DEADLINES IMPOSED • POSITIVE HEADLINES • POSITIVE RESULTS

  7. PREPARATION • STAFF • MANAGERS • CONSEQUENCE • OVERSIGHT • PUBLIC

  8. WHEN IT GOES BAD • POLICE • GENERAL PUBLIC • PROSECUTORS • COURT

  9. PREVENTION • EVALUATE PLAN • PREPARE FOR FRAUD • KNLW YOUR PROGRAM • REVIEW PREVIOUS PROGRAMS • TAKE YOUR TIME • BEST AND WORST PRACTICES

  10. PREVENTION • ENSURE FILERS AND RECEIVERS UNDERSTAND THE INTENTION OF PROGRAM • HAVE AN OVERSIGHT SYSTEM • ADVISE CLAIMANT OF REVIEW SYSTEM • WATCH FOR IDENTITY ISSUES • ADVISE MANAGEMENT OF POTENTIAL ISSUES • ACT QUICKLY ONCE FRAUD DISCOVERED

  11. REMEMBER • THERE WILL BE AN ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD • PLAN FOR IT • RECOGNIZE IT • REACT TO IT

  12. CORRUPTION • SPECIFIC FORM OF FRAUD • RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC OFFICER AND PUBLIC • CULTURE OF CORRUPTION IN SOME COUNTRIES • DEVASTATING AFFECT ON ECONOMY OF COUNTRY

  13. FRAUD TRIANGLE • OPPROTUNITY • MOTIVE • RATIONALIZATION

  14. PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION • AWARENESS • STRONG GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP • ANTI CORRUPTION INITIATIVES • WHISTLE BLOWERS • INVESTIGATION • ENFORCEMENT

  15. HIGH RISK AREAS • MEGA CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS • COUNTRY TO COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ASSSITANCE • DISASTER RECOVERY ASSISTANCE • EXTRACTIVE MINERALS

  16. LEGISLATION • LEGISLATION HAS TO EXTENSIVE TO BE EFFECTIVE • CANADA HAS SOME OF THE BEST ANTI CORRUTION LEGISLATION IN THE WORLD • FITS IN WITH ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND CRIMINALIZATION

  17. ACCOUNTABILITY • FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT • CONFLICT OF INTEREST • AUDITOR GENERAL ACT • FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT

  18. TRANSPARENCY • KEY TO GOOD GOVERNMENT • ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT • CANADA ELECTIONS ACT • PARLIAMENT OF CANADA ACT • LOBBYING ACT • PUBLIC SERVANT DISCLOSURE PROTECTION ACT

  19. CRIMINALIZATION • CRIMINAL CODE NUMEROUS PROVISIONS • PROCEEDS OF CRIME • TERRORIST FINANCIING ACT • MONEY LAUNDERING

  20. RCMP ENFORCEMENT • COMMERCIAL CRIME SECTION • INTEGRATED PROCEEDS OF CRIME • INTEGRATED MARKET ENFORCEMENT

  21. RECAP • FRAUD ON GOVERNMENT • TAKE AN IDEA TO A PLAN • ASSUME FRAUD • TAKE STEPS TO PREPARE YOUR STAFF • ROLE OF MANAGERS IN OVERSIGHT • ROLES OF POLICE , COURT , PUBLIC

  22. CORRUPTION • FRAUD TRIANGLE • OPPORTUNITY • MOTIVE • RATIONALIZATION

  23. PREVENTION • AWARENESS • STRONG POLITICAL LEADERSHIP • ENFORCEMENT • PUNISHMENT

  24. DETECTION • WHISTLE BLOWERS • TRANSPARENCY • CONTROLS

  25. INVESTIGATION • STRONG LAWS • ENFORCED LAWS • PROSECUTION • ACCOUNTABILITY ACTS • CRIMINAL CODE • PROCEEDS OF CRIME

  26. GOMERY COMMISSION • Let me also suggest that a system of government that would impose upon itself a searching inquiry by an independent commissioner, armed with the authority to compel the production of incriminating documentation from the public administration and able to subpoena witnesses from every level of society, with a far reaching mandate to investigate and report on matters that could prove to be embarrassing to the Government itself, is proof that our democratic institutions are functioning well and objectively. There are very few countries in the world where an inquiry commissioner has the power to summon the sitting Prime Minister and his predecessor, to be examined under oath concerning their administration of public affairs and their involvement in what is publicly referred to as a scandalous affair. The fact that the Inquiry has been held demonstrates that in this country persons at even the highest levels of government are accountable for their actions, not only to Parliament but also to the citizenry

  27. THANKS QUESTIONS

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