Fraud and corruption posses a big threat to corporate success. As custodians of financial resources, the accountants’ role is more than writing cheques and books of accounts. The role has evolved to include implementing policies and procedures aimed at preventing fraudulent practices, and where a fraud occurs, implementing controls to prevent re-occurrence. To discharge their role effectively, accountants must acquire fraud prevention and management skills. One of the ways of managing corruption and fraud is through public awareness of the risk. In these anti-fraud and corruption series, we explain how fraud and corruption occur and ways of managing the risks.…