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Fraud Data Analytics: T&E, Payroll, Credit and Purchasing Cards

Detect transaction anomalies across expenses, payroll, and payment cards

Lauren DealSophie GoodwinSD

Created by Lauren Deal, Sophie Goodwin, Steve DeSantis

Explore practical ways to detect fraud in travel and entertainment, payroll, credit card, and purchasing card transactions. Learn how to spot suspicious patterns, design effective analytics tests, and decide when to investigate further. Gain skills to support risk assessment and strengthen monitoring processes.

ACI | Sep 2026 | 224 min

What You Will Learn

You will start by connecting common fraud schemes to the warning signs they leave in transaction data. Step by step, you will design analytics tests for each category-travel, payroll, credit cards, and purchasing cards. Along the way, you will practice interpreting results and planning the right investigative actions.

Key Features

  • Design targeted analytics tests for T&E, payroll, and card transactions
  • Spot red flags and connect them to specific fraud schemes in large datasets
  • Interpret anomalies and plan effective investigative follow-up

Target Audience

Ideal for internal auditors, fraud investigators, compliance professionals, and data analysts who already understand basic audit and control concepts. If you review or monitor spending and payment processes and want to build or improve fraud analytics tests, this course will help you take your skills to the next level.

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