Background
Scott Langlinais writes on corporate
fraud prevention for IRMI.com.
Mr. Langlinais has dedicated over 20 years of his career as a certified
public accountant to fraud detection and investigation. Audit and finance
professionals around the world have invited him in-house to educate their staff
about proper fraud detection, prevention, and response. Business leaders from
emerging companies to Fortune 500s, across many industries, have asked him to
assess their environment, perform diagnostic tests to detect symptoms of
wrongdoing, and design strategies to help defend the organization's people,
reputation, and assets. He has conducted investigations related to executive
corruption, bribes and kickbacks, vendor overbilling and underperformance, and
employee theft. He regularly reports his findings to boards of directors, has
submitted his findings to law enforcement organizations such as the US Secret
Service, and has testified in court.
Mr. Langlinais employs sophisticated data analysis techniques to sift
through system transactions and seek indicators of fraud. Using such
techniques, he has helped companies recover millions of dollars from wrongdoing
such as intentional overpayments to vendors, unbilled revenues, and
corruption.
He speaks regularly about his fraud detection and investigation at
conferences hosted by the Institute of Internal Auditors, the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners, state auditors, and the Information Systems Audit and Control
Association. IRMI has published several of his articles about fraud
prevention.
Prior to starting his own practice in 2003, Mr. Langlinais held public
accounting and internal audit leadership positions, and served as chief audit
executive for a NASDAQ 100 software company.
He received a bachelor of business administration from the University of
Notre Dame in 1991.