National Payroll Institute - Payroll at Risk: Detecting Fraud in a Hybrid and AI-Driven World

Why do seemingly trustworthy employees commit payroll fraud — and why are organizations still vulnerable despite evolving controls?

Personal pressures such as financial stress or addiction continue to influence ethical decision-making, but today’s remote and hybrid work environments introduced new behavioral and organizational risk factors. This engaging webinar, led by a seasoned forensic accountant and grounded in real-world case studies, examines both traditional payroll fraud schemes and emerging threats impacting payroll functions — including social engineering, business email compromise and deepfake-enabled deception.

Attendees will gain practical insight into identifying red flags, understanding how schemes are executed and uncovered and how to implement effective prevention and detection measures to strengthen payroll system integrity.

Participants can email questions ahead of time to infoline@payroll.ca.

About the Instructor

Edward D. Nagel
Managing Director, Delta Consulting Group

Edward Nagel is a seasoned forensic accountant who focused exclusively since 1998 on providing forensic and investigative accounting services to corporations, individuals, public sector and not-for-profit organizations and their legal advisors/boards, primarily in the area of corporate fraud. He has testified and has been recognized as an expert by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Edward’s experience encompasses leading and conducting financial investigations, investigating allegations of fraud and financial misconduct, providing anti-fraud consulting/training, conducting financial motive reviews and analyzing and quantifying economic damages.

In addition to his client responsibilities, Edward lectured extensively to law enforcement groups, the federal and provincial government, peers in the accounting field, law firms and other professional organizations and has authored numerous articles, on fraud and forensic accounting topics.

How to access your session:
One to three business days prior to the live event, you will be sent information on how to access your webinar. If you do not receive the login information within this timeframe, please check your email SPAM folder. If it's not there, please contact membership@payroll.ca as soon as possible.

Upon completion of this 60-minute webinar, you will be able to:

Discuss the key drivers of payroll fraud and how personal circumstances can influence ethical decision-making;
Explain the behavioral and organizational drivers behind payroll fraud, including pressures amplified by remote and hybrid work environments;
Illustrate common payroll fraud schemes that commonly victimize organizations;
Identify red flags and warning signs that indicate potential payroll fraud;
Predict how social engineering, business email compromise and deepfake tactics are impacting payroll functions;
Identify real-world case studies to understand how payroll fraud schemes are executed — and how they are uncovered; and
Prioritize best practices for implementing effective fraud prevention and detection measures within payroll systems.

After registering online for this event, you will receive an email confirmation approximately 2 business days after the registration has been processed.

One to three business days prior to the live event, you will be sent information on how to access your webinar.

Cancellations must be received at least 4 business days prior to the webinar date to be eligible for a refund. No refunds will be issued after the login information has been provided.

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