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Construction and Capital Projects Fraud

Fraud in Construction & Capital Projects: Detect, Prevent, and Combat Costly Schemes.

Created byDenise Cicchellaworkspace_premiumBest Instructor
BeginnerUpdated Mar 20, 2025

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleSpot the Red Flags – Uncover the most common fraud schemes in construction and capital projects before they drain your budget.
  • check_circleFollow the Money – Learn how fraudsters manipulate contracts, invoices, and payroll—and how to track down suspicious activity.
  • check_circleExpose Insider Tricks – Get inside the mind of a fraudster and recognize the tactics they use to bypass controls.
  • check_circleStrengthen Your Defenses – Implement cutting-edge strategies to prevent fraud, from AI-powered detection to airtight contract management.
  • check_circleActionable Next Steps – Walk away with a powerful fraud-prevention action plan to protect your organization immediately!
  • check_circleFraud is costly—ignorance can be even costlier!

About This Course

Fraud in construction and capital projects is more common—and costly—than you think! From bid rigging and bribery to inflated invoices and ghost employees, bad actors are syphoning millions from projects every year. Are you prepared to spot the warning signs before it's too late?

Join this high-impact webinar where an industry expert will pull back the curtain on real-world fraud schemes, insider tactics, and the cutting-edge strategies you need to detect, prevent, and fight back against fraud. Whether you're in construction, finance, compliance, or risk management, this session is packed with actionable insights that will protect your projects and your bottom line.

 

Course Content

11 activities • 10 videos • duration: 2h 19m

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Introduction1 videos • 23 min
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Perpetrators1 videos • 1 quiz • 8 min
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Construction Process1 videos • 1 quiz • 15 min
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Contracts1 videos • 1 quiz • 29 min
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Change Orders1 videos • 1 quiz • 15 min
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Right to Audit1 videos • 1 quiz • 2 min
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Procurement1 videos • 1 quiz • 5 min
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Bid Rigging1 videos • 1 quiz • 18 min
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Asset Misapproriation1 videos • 1 quiz • 11 min
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Other Schemes1 videos • 1 quiz • 7 min
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Final Assessment1 quiz

Your Instructor

Denise Cicchella

Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Construction Auditor, Project Management expert and Author

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Denise has been a Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Fraud Examiner for over 20 years. She has a specialization in Construction Audit and is a management consultant, specializing in Training and Professional Development. She has authored several books including: Bridging the Gap, enhancing the Audit Committee / AUdit Relationship, Teach, Train, Transform - the Superhero Way, Construction Audit Handbook: Overview, Monitoring and Auditing, Effective Auditing for Corporates, Construction Audit - Building a Solid Foundation; and Essentials of Construction Management.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.9 out of 5
Student's Choice
25 reviews
  • SC
    Sonia C.
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    Good overview

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    David L.
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    Interesting

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    Bailey S.
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    Working in the construction industry, this was on point and gave me ideas and insight into my current processes

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