P R O G R A M M E. MSWG SEMINAR on Investigative Audit & Forensic Accounting. SIDC CPE-Approved : 5 CPE Points

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1 MSWG SEMINAR on Investigative Audit & Forensic Accounting Today s complex corporate and financial market, with its use of blinding new technologies, has made accounting fraud more difficult to detect than in the past. As an investor, decision maker or Director of a public listed company, you must arm yourself with some investigative tools and techniques to avoid pitfalls created by increasingly complex and costly scams and schemes. This seminar is structured to provide you with insight into some of the methods used by investigators to establish the facts or to detect hidden modus operandi. Some fraudulent practices may appear innovative but are generally based on centuries-old accounting tricks meant to fool auditors and investors. Let us revisit these gimmicks and renew our ability to detect them in time. Facilitator: Mr Prabhat Kumar FCA, DIFA, CFE Senior Consultant Forensic & Investigative Accounting Services Alliance IFA (M) Sdn Bhd Who Should Attend Directors, CFO, COO and Senior Management Accountants, Company Secretaries and Auditors Investment/Financial Advisers and Financial Planners Licensed Dealers, Remisiers and Capital Market Representative License Holders Entrepreneurs and businesspersons Investors and individuals MSWG subscribers Seminar Details Date : 25 November 2010 (Thursday) Fee : RM470 Venue : MSWG Training Centre 11 th Floor, Bangunan KWSP Changkat Raja Chulan Off Jalan Raja Chulan KUALA LUMPUR P R O G R A M M E 9.00 am Registration 9.30 am Welcome Address Puan Rita Benoy Bushon, CEO, MSWG 9.45 am Session 1 Introduction Why financial statement frauds take place and the rewards for it am Morning Refreshment am Session 2 Incentives and conditions for earnings management How to recognize fictitious or premature revenue Misreporting of assets and liabilities Structured approach used to identify red flags pertaining to financial statements i) Familiarisation walk-through system to see the operation first hand, documentation and controlling environment ii) Hazard identification 1.00 pm Lunch 2.00 pm Session 2 (Cont d) iii) Standard questions: whom to interview, where to look, what to examine, and how to test iv) Making use of experience 3.15 pm Tea Break 3.30 pm Session 3 Structured approach to avoid or detect fraud Understanding the basis of financial reporting 4.30 pm Q&A 5.00 pm END SIDC CPE-Approved : 5 CPE Points

2 - Page 2 - Group registration (3 or more) 10% discount IDP Member 10% discount, Subscriber 30% discount Please register me/us! Name : 1. Designation : and 2. Designation : 3. Designation : 4. Designation : 5. Designation : Address/ Organisation : Tel. No. (O): (H/P): Fax No. : Contact Person & Please return completed registration form with payment to: Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group (MSWG) Tingkat 11, Bangunan KWSP No. 3, Changkat Raja Chulan Off Jalan Raja Chulan KUALA LUMPUR Contact : Pn. Sharina (sharina@mswg.org.my) Pn. Rohana (rohana@mswg.org.my) Pn. Padma Devi (padmadevi@mswg.org.my) Tel. No. : Fax No. : RSVP by: 22 November 2010 (Monday) (For further information, please visit our website, Cheque to be made payable to: BADAN PENGAWAS PEMEGANG SAHAM MINORITI BERHAD ACCOUNT NO (Maybank) NOTE : REGISTRATION WILL BE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS. PARKING FEES WILL BE REIMBURSED AFTER THE SEMINAR (PLEASE PRESENT YOUR PARKING TICKET FOR REIMBURSEMENT)

3 - Page 3 - FACILITATOR PROFILE Prabhat Kumar PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS PRABHAT KUMAR, FCA, DIFA, CFE SENIOR CONSULTANT FORENSIC AND INVESTIGATIVE ACCOUNTING SERVICES Background Prabhat is a Senior Consultant with Alliance IFA (M) Sdn. Bhd. He has more than 18 years of financial expertise and experience in accounting and audits. For the past 4 years, he has focused his practice on financial information analysis and forensic accounting in the detection of fraud, and on providing litigation support services. He has been instrumental in instituting a sound and effective internal financial control system for various entities, including multinationals. He has helped to turn their financial administration from a fraud-prone system to one which meets desired standards of accountability and credibility. He has conducted numerous investigations where senior management or staff were at the centre of allegations, and has provided litigation support services to eminent lawyers in cases involving allegations of corporate accounting fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, fraud against minority shareholders, and bank fraud. Prabhat s extensive investigative experience has benefited clients in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Brunei, and India. Professional Experience In the course of his engagements, Prabhat has performed financial damage quantification and conducted more than 30 fraud investigations for public corporations, law firms, private companies, and government agencies. The investigations related to problems ranging in size from RM 500,000 to RM 100 million.in the areas of: Bank Fraud Procurement Fraud Tax Fraud Shareholder and Partnership Disputes Business Interruption Claims Financial Statement Fraud involving senior management and Directors Employee Dishonesty Corporate Governance Investigations Insurance Claims Commodity Trading Fraud

4 Fraud against Minority Shareholders - Page 4 - Prabhat has led several financial investigations during which he determined the camouflage of the defrauded company and quantified the amount of damage. He has served clients in a variety of sectors including, construction, car manufacturing, computer hardware, palm oil refining, aluminum casting, textile manufacturing, and health services. Additional Experience Prabhat has been involved in the training of law enforcement officers from Royal Customs Malaysia, on a regular basis since He has trained more than 200 senior officers and recently conducted two, 4-day interactive training sessions for senior and semi-senior auditors attached to the Auditor General s Office, Malaysia. He has also lectured during a 10-week certificate course in Investigative and Forensic Accounting offered by Open University Malaysia, and was a visiting lecturer at University MARA for their master degree program on Forensic Accounting. Past Public Speaking Engagements 5 th Asia Pacific Audit and Governance Summit 2009 (1-3 June 2009) Topic: Red Flags and Landmines in Financial Accounts Malaysian Institute of Accountants (29-30 April & 5-6 May 2009) Topic: Forensic Accounting for Practitioners. Third World Security Forum (Singapore, October 2008) Topic: Fraud risk assessment and prevention tone from the top Finance Directors Summit (Kuala Lumpur, August 2008) Topic: Financial Statement fraud and its detection Insurance fraud and claims a forensic accounting approach (July 2008) Organized by the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers. Fraud Prevention, detection and recovery (March 2008) Organized by the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers. World Security Congress (October 2007) Organized by International Centre for Security Management Sdn. Bhd.,. Topic: Arson for Profit how to detect a financial motive Forensic Accounting and Financial Crime Investigative Techniques (October 2007) Organized by Monash University, Sunway Campus,.

5 - Page 5 - Investigative tools & techniques /Interviewing techniques (August 2007) Organized by University MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor,. Books Authored The Accounting as an Expert Witness: A basic guide for accountants Published by CCH (Singapore),a Walter Kluwer business publication. Internet Fraud Casebook Co-authored with the founder and Chairman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners USA, Mr. Joseph T Wells. Published in the USA by John Wiley & Sons. Education and Professional Training Degree in Commerce with Honors, 1976 Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, 1987 Diploma in Investigative and Forensic Accounting, University Of Toronto, Canada / Institute of Chartered Accountants Of Canada ( ) Associate Member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, since May ***************************************************************************************************

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