The Future of Financial Investigations

Posted on September 14th, 2010

From my Thought Leadership series at Securities Docket:

What is at the heart of almost every securities case, whether the case is pursued by the government or a private party? It is a trail of money. The difficulty in prosecuting or defending a securities case is the fact that there is voluminous financial data that must be culled, analyzed, and presented in a way that proves the case.

For the last three decades, securities and financial fraud cases have been evaluated by forensic accountants using manual processes. The financial investigators compared accounting data with source documents, ultimately trying to prove the source and use of funds.

The world of forensic accounting is moving in a new direction, however. Fraud investigators are slowly beginning to use technology to analyze large volumes of financial data much faster, more efficiently, and more accurately than they have been able to do using traditional investigative techniques. As discussed in this paper, when a tried and true method of investigating financial crimes and allegations of fraud is combined with the latest technology, extraordinary results are possible.

Read the whole article at Securities Docket.

Related posts:

  1. December 15 Webcast: Follow the Money – Using Technology to Find Fraud or Defend Financial Investigations
  2. From Chaos to Clarity in Financial Investigations
  3. Financial Analysis in FCPA Cases
  4. Financial Investigation Best Practices
  5. What Do You Do With Mountains of Data in a Financial Investigation?

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Comments (1)

  • Dan
    20 September 2010 at 11:14 am |

    Hi Tracy,

    I am new to your writings and postings. I am healthier now physically than I have been in many years thanks to TSFL. I have paid in to SS my entire working life, now that is a pyramid scheme, I expect to never see a dime of it. I am grateful for any journalist out there in any capacity as a free press is so important for our country’s well being. I am sure being from Chicago you are a very busy writer reporter investigator. Thank you for reading and I will look forward to your future work. All my best, Dan

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