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CFCI EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
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"Any illegal acts characterized by deceit, concealment, or violation of trust. These acts are not dependent upon the perpetrated by individuals and organizations to obtain money, property, or services; to avoid payment or loss of services; or to secure personal or business ad-vantage." - correct answer - Fraud
Internal Fraud and External Fraud - correct answer - Main types of fraud
which involves the employees of the company against which the fraud is perpetrated - correct answer - Internal Fraud
deceptive conduct by non-employees that deprives the organization of value, and/or is undertaken for financial gain. - correct answer - External Fraud
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theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer. - correct answer - embezzlement
"cooking the books." This type of fraud generally refers to falsely representing the financial condition of the company, so as to inflate the value of stock, fraudulently boost executive bonuses, or otherwise mislead shareholders, lenders, employees, investment analysts, or other users of the information. - correct answer - financial fraud
Accounts receivable fraud, this involves simply stealing cash before it enters the organization's accounting system. - correct answer - Skimming (cash larceny)
Perpetrated by employees who cause their employer to issue a payment to a false supplier by submitting invoices for fictitious goods or services, inflated invoices, or invoices for personal purchases. - correct answer - Billing Schemes
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steal computer-generated checks, or producing counterfeit checks. - correct answer - check tampering
making false claims for reimbursement, or inflating or creating fictitious business expenses. (Travel /meal reimbursement. - correct answer - Employee reimbursement scheme
Bribery, illegal gratuities, and/or extortion. - correct answer - corruption
when something of value is offered or given to influence a business decision - correct answer - bribery
when something of value is given to an employee to reward a business decision. - correct answer - Illegal Gratuities
when a person demands payment or seeks to influence a business decision by threat of harm through loss of business or personal injury. - correct answer - Extortion
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involving employees and vendors, often using inflated billing or invoices for which the employee is paid a portion of the inflated or fictitious invoice. - correct answer - Kickback Schemes
the creation, sale, or use of a counterfeit credit card, or the use of a stolen credit or debit card. - correct answer - credit card fraud
Card not present transactions - correct answer - C.N.P
involves the unauthorized use of another person's personal data for illegal financial benefit. Involves abusing the stolen information to transact personal business in the victim's name. - correct answer - identity fraud
the fraudulent acquisition or stealing of confidential personal information. - correct answer - identity theft
Theft (stealing money, ID, or assests) and deception (cooking the books, lying to shareholders, employees or partners) - correct answer - 2 categories that encompass Fraud
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