Securities accounting control procedures as a tool for preventing economic crimes

This article offers a methodology of control procedures for checking the accounting of securities as a tool for preventing economic crimes. This methodology is proposed based on the analysis of investments in fixed assets and the dynamics of economic crimes in 2010-2018, the study of typical errors and violations. The methodology combines two sets of procedures: determining the effectiveness of purchased and available securities, as well as determining the completeness, reliability and information content of securities. The methodology of control procedures proposed by authors is aimed at timely detection and prevention of violations and fraudulent actions with securities.