internal audit

E199v: Unmasking Collusion – Detecting and Preventing Anti-Competitive Behaviours (Live Webinar)

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Just completed yesterday (22 September 2025) a customized run of E199v: Unmasking Collusion – Detecting and Preventing Anti-Competitive Behaviours (Live Webinar) for a client through Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)‘s customized Continuing Professional Development for 40 over participants. The next available open public run is on 18 November 2025 and interested folks can sign-up … Read more

Detecting Bid-Rigging Through Internal Audit Practice

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Appreciate the opportunity by The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Singapore to share at their lunch-time (Live Streaming) webinar on the topic, “Detecting Bid-Rigging Through Internal Audit Practices” on 12 June 2025 (Thursday) from 12.00 p.m. to 1.00 p.m. The session was scheduled for one hour but over-ran by ten minutes due to the number … Read more

Fraud Auditing Course for the Institute of Internal Auditors

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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

Behind Closed Doors: Exposing Anti-Competitive Practices in Bid-Rigging

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I had an interesting time co-presenting this topic to members of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners from Singapore Chapter, Taiwan Chapter, Hong Kong Chapter, Malaysian Chapter and India Chapter. My co-presenter Cheryl Ng, CFE from Foxwood and I covered the following topics:(1) Introduction to Bid Rigging(2) Bid Rigging Cases (in Singapore)(3) Key Red Flags … Read more

Behind Closed Doors: Exposing Anti-Competitive Practices in Bid-Rigging

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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

Lie to Me: Unravelling Secrets and Lies to Auditors

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As a long-time Director of Internal Audit for a decade, I have come across my share of staff who lie to me and my team in the course of our audits. One of the more interesting audits that I have carried out with my team was spot check on inventory of valuable items such as … Read more