Fraud Examination 5th Edition by Steve Albrecht,Chad Albrecht,Conan Albrecht, Mark Zimbelman

Exercise 15

You are an accounting student at the local university pursuing your master's degree. One of your friends has been intrigued by the numerous frauds that have recently been reported in the news. This friend knows you are going to pursue a job as an auditor with a large public accounting firm, but your friend does not understand the difference between what you will be doing and what fraud examiners do. Write a paragraph that explains the difference between auditing and fraud examination.