How do you begin searching for fraud in a company? Sometimes I get called in when a company finds an employee stealing. They have found one instance of theft and they want to have the rest of the company looked […]

Have you ever wanted or needed to do a background check on an owner or executive of a company? If you’re considering investing in a public or private company, you may want to find out information on the people who […]

You’re getting divorced and the process is overwhelming. You have an attorney (or maybe you’re interviewing lawyers and getting ready to choose one), but you don’t know the right money questions to ask. This tool will get you started with […]

Lifestyle is not simply a measure of the past, present, and future spending of the parties jointly and individually. It requires an analysis of the funds available to pay for this lifestyle, and earned and unearned income usually generates those […]

I never thought this was something we’d have to tell an expert witness: The attorney who retained you to provide your expert opinion can’t write your report for you. Attorneys often want to have input on the the expert’s report. […]

Attorneys and accountants are told that they need to blog if they want to get clients. Blogs are a magic marketing tool. If you blog it they will come. It’s way more complicated than that. About 40% of my revenue […]

Companies engaged in financial statement fraud sometimes use creative phrases to legitimize or cover up what they’re doing. Examples include: Aggressive accounting – We’re following the rules, but pushing the limits to make the financial statements look as good as […]

Companies rely heavily on reports about questionable behavior from employees, customers, vendors, or other outside parties. Tips are the most common way that fraud is detected by companies, so any credible tip should be taken very seriously. How does a […]

In a corporate fraud investigation, the most abundant source of information about the fraud will likely come from internal records of the company. Remember, of course, that the internal records will be not only be paper records, but will be […]

If you’re familiar with the process of a financial statement audit, you know all about audit work programs. They’re basically the checklists and guides that auditors use to make sure they follow all the required steps for auditing the financial […]