5. BECOMING A MASTER THIEF
1. Be Believable
2. Have a Cause
3. Develop Your Plan
4. Calm Your Conscience
5. Execute Your Plan
6. If Caught, Settle Out of Court
7. WANT TO BE A PILOT?
• Uniform
• Pilot's
Identification
• FAA
Identification
8. ABAGNALE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Flew over 250 flights -- free
• Flew over 1,000,000 miles -- free
• Cashed several hundred thousand in
fake checks
• Piloted a plane with 140 people on
board though "he could not fly a kite"
...all before he was 19 years of age
25. –Dan Ariely,
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty
“When we do something
questionable, the act of
asking our friends to join in
can help us justify our own
questionable actions.”
35. REASONS TO SETTLE
• You don't want a criminal record,
your next employer may perform a
background check
• Remind the government that this
would reflect poorly on the elected
officials
• Remind the government it's cheaper
and easier to keep things quiet
36. FRAUD PREVENTION:TAKE AWAYS
• Trust Your Mother, But Cut the
Deck
• Know Your System Weaknesses
• Develop a Fraud Prevention
Program
• Pay Attention to Signs
37. CHARLES HALL
• McNair, McLemore, Middlebrooks & Co.,
LLC
• Email- chall@mmmcpa.com
• Phone - 478-330-5248
• Blog - CPA-SCRIBO.com
• Book - The Little Book of Local
Government Fraud Prevention - Amazon