Leon Jones worked in the warehouse of a large building supply company. One day he unexpected left for Fiji, never to return. His supervisor seized the opportunity to continue submit time cards for Leon to the payroll department. Each week, as part of his normal duties, the supervisor received the employee pay cheques from payroll and distribute them to the workers on his shift. As Leon was not present to collect his pay cheque, the supervisor forged Leon’s name and cashed it. Required: Describe two control techniques to prevent or detect this fraud scheme. (10

Forgery is a kind of fraud in which one changes name, signature or anything pertaining to another person in order to deceive other people. Forgery is a fraud and it is a criminal offence that should be stop in the society. Just as it is in the question above the supervisor is forging Leon’s name in order to be able to collect the money of someone that is no more working.

The two control techniques to prevent or detect this fraud scheme are given below:

=> Automated Signature Verification System : the company should have Automated Signature Verification System for their employees and customers so that with it they can easily detect forgery fraud and the person affected can be able to recover his or her losses.

=> Tracking of workers' appointment by the personnel department: the personnel department should track the appointment of each of their employees in any organization.

Other ways are to Install biometric time cards and make sure payroll record are verified and updated before payment.