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Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime: Audit and Investigation Toolkit

Master the forensic strategies and practical tools required to track illicit funds, expose digital fraud, and lead high-impact financial crime investigations.

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BeginnerUpdated Oct 12, 2026
Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime: Audit and Investigation Toolkit

What You'll Learn

check_circleIdentify cyber-enabled fraud and financial crime risks
check_circleAssess suspicious transactions and control weaknesses
check_circleApply audit and investigation techniques using financial and digital evidence
check_circlePrepare clear findings to support fraud, AML, audit, and compliance activities

About This Course

Cyber-enabled financial crime is becoming increasingly sophisticated, combining cyberattacks with fraud, money laundering, and weaknesses in internal controls to target organisations across every sector. From compromised credentials and invoice diversion to mule accounts, fake vendors, and cryptocurrency payments, these incidents require auditors, investigators, and compliance professionals to understand both the technical and financial dimensions of emerging threats.

This practical course provides a structured toolkit for identifying, investigating, and responding to cyber-enabled financial crime. Through real-world scenarios, participants will explore how cyber incidents intersect with fraud, AML risks, payment processes, and governance frameworks. The session equips professionals with practical techniques for analyzing financial and system data, identifying control failures, and conducting investigations that support audit, compliance, and organizational resilience.

Key Topics Discussed:

  • Understanding cyber-enabled financial crime
  • Common cyber-fraud schemes and attack methods
  • Mule accounts, fake vendors, and invoice diversion
  • Compromised credentials and payment fraud
  • Cryptocurrency transactions and financial crime risks
  • Identifying suspicious transaction patterns
  • Reviewing finance records, access logs, and digital evidence
  • Internal control weaknesses and fraud vulnerabilities
  • AML considerations in cyber-related investigations
  • Investigation workflows and escalation procedures
  • Reporting findings to audit, compliance, and senior management
  • Practical case studies and investigation techniques

Your Instructor

Alessio Faccia
Alessio Faccia

Assistant Professor in Finance | University of Birmingham Dubai

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Dr. Alessio Faccia, an accomplished academic and corporate trainer, has a distinguished finance, accounting, and business background. His expertise spans over 16 years, during which he has notably contributed to finance and accounting through his roles as an assistant professor, auditor, chartered accountant, CFO advisor, and corporate trainer. Dr. Faccia’sacademic journey includes prestigious roles at several universities, including the University of Birmingham and Coventry University, where he taught various finance and accounting modules. His extensive involvement in corporate training further enriches Dr. Faccia’s professional experience. He has provided training in diverse areas such as finance and accounting, management and HR, technology, oil and gas, and legal matters to many organizations. These organization encompass various sectors, including government bodies, financial institutions, energy companies, and real estate firms.. These organizations encompass various sectors, including government bodies, financial institutions, energy companies, and real estate firms. His proficiency is further demonstrated by his numerous publications, research contributions, and a strong academic record, underscoring his commitment to advancing knowledge in his field. Dr. Faccia’s work is a testament to his dedication to enhancing the skills and knowledge of professionals across various industries globally.

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.

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