Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, CFF
Tracy's specialties include:
  • Investigation of corporate frauds
  • High net worth divorce with complex financial issues
  • Defense of criminal tax fraud and other government financial investigations
  • Investment fraud, including Ponzi schemes and misappropriation of assets
  • Calculating damages resulting from breach of contract

See Tracy in Milwaukee Magazine's 2018 "Faces of Milwaukee" feature.
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Books by Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, CFF

Lifestyle Analysis in Divorce Cases: Investigating Spending and Finding Hidden Income and Assets

Lifestyle Analysis in Divorce Cases: Investigating Spending and Finding Hidden Income and Assets is published by the American Bar Association. It is the only book available on the topic of lifestyle analysis in divorce cases. While there are plenty of excellent books on financial issues in divorce, none of the other books focuses on the lifestyle analysis, how it is done, and how the results may be used in court.

Expert Fraud Investigation: A Step-by-Step Guide

Fraud expert Tracy Coenen offers an insider look at many of the most common types of fraud cases in her book Expert Fraud Investigation: A Step-by-Step Guide. She explains how to uncover corporate fraud from the point of opening an investigation, selecting a team, and through the entire process, including:

  • The most common fraud schemes
  • The difference between audits and investigations
  • Effectively managing the investigation
  • Looking for fraud in little things
  • Using public and private records in investigations
  • Getting creative as a fraud investigator
  • Uncovering asset misappropriation schemes, financial statement fraud, corruption schemes, and external fraud schemes
  • How to prevent fraud from happening in the first place

Making a difficult undertaking more manageable, this essential book arms you with the tools to take your organization step by step through the process of an effective fraud investigation.

Essentials of Corporate Fraud

Essentials of Corporate Fraud will challenge your concept of corporate fraud, providing an introductory look at internal fraud, who is committing the fraud, how it happens, and what can be done about it. The book offers executives, managers, accountants, auditors, attorneys, and other professionals the opportunity to learn about from from someone in the trenches. It offers solutions to the fraud problem that can be implemented immediately.The book offers readers the opportunity to:

  • Understand the root causes of corporate fraud and how to manage it
  • Identify red flags of corporate fraud
  • Become familiar with common fraud schemes and their warning signs
  • Learn basic fraud prevention procedures