I have contributed 15 e-learning units to the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)‘s Accountify platform over the last year or so and was surprised to see that there has been 1992 total students, which I take to be enrolment numbers into my 15 units collectively. This averages 133 participants for each e-learning unit. The … Read more
Glad to have shared at the inaugural run of ISCA’s E199V: Unmasking Collusion: Detecting and Preventing Anti-Competitive Behaviours webinar this morning (8 May 2025) from 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. There were some interesting questions posed by the participants and I hope they took away useful lessons that they can apply to their workplaces. For … Read more
Check out my article written exclusively for the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)‘s Chartered Accountants Lab (digital newsletter) on the topic of “Strengthening Cybersecurity for Financial Professionals”. The next run of DGT093 : Cybersecurity Strategies and Ethical Standards for Accountants and Auditors (One Day – Classroom Face-to-Face) will be on 21 July 2025. If … Read more
Completed the inaugural one day “Fraud Auditing” course organized by the Institute of Internal Auditors (Singapore) at M Hotel today with an engaging and enthusiastic group of participants spanning backgrounds ranging from internal audit, risk management, compliance and law enforcement. We had covered the overview of the detection, assessment, investigation, and mitigation of fraud. The … Read more
Spent part of this afternoon (19 Nov 2024) sharing about Fraud Risks in Grants Management with an entity in the business process outsourcing space in Singapore on behalf of the ACFE Singapore Chapter . Glad to have an opportunity to continue to spread the message on fraud risks during International Fraud Awareness Week (17 to … Read more
I will be speaking at the ACFE Singapore Chapter webinar titled: “Behind Closed Doors: Exposing Anti-Competitive Practices in Bid Rigging” on 18 November 2024 at 3 PM to 4.30 PM Singapore Time over Zoom. I will be sharing the stage with legal counsel Cheryl Ng, CFE for this 1.5-hour webinar, exposing the anti-competitive practices used in a bid-rigging case in Singapore. Cheryl will … Read more
Many thanks to the good folks at National Healthcare Group for inviting me to share about, “Safeguarding Integrity: Fraud Prevention in Healthcare” at their annual Enterprise Risk Management & Data Protection Webinar held on 17 October 2023. It illustrates their commitment to play their part in enhancing their staffs’ competencies and capabilities to mitigate the … Read more
I have served on a few audit committees for non-profit entities and each of these terms of service has seen me pick up interesting learning points from each of these committees. An audit committee is like any other committee, they are made up of individuals who have are willing and able to volunteer their time … Read more
One of the more interesting fraud investigations that I had carried out was the case that involved almost 100 missing IT equipment. IT equipment such as laptops, desktops and mobile devices such as tablets are valuable items even if they are not brand new. Most organizations have a asset tracking policy that may require the … Read more