• Expert Witness Looks at a Jury From the Inside

    Years ago, I got called for jury duty. Unlike almost everyone else who complains when called for jury duty, I was thrilled. I wanted to be on a jury. If I was going to have to do my civic duty, […]

  • Financial Statement Fraud Clues

    If you were searching for financial statement fraud, what would you look for? Tracy talks about some of the basic/common signs you might see if Tracy Coenen teaches about some basic signs of financial statement fraud.

  • Finding Fraud With the Right Auditor

    The idea of performing a “fraud examination” sounds interesting to many. They don’t necessarily want to deal with the numbers that a forensic accountant wades through, but they like the idea of someone sleuthing and digging through records. I’ll admit […]

  • Find Me the Money on FOX5 DC Finance Friday

    Tracy Coenen on Finance Friday for the FOX5 morning show in Washington D.C., talking about red flags of financial fraud in marriage and her book, Find Me The Money.

  • Divorce Investigations: Finding Income and Assets in an Income Tax Return

    While consumers generally hate income tax returns because of their complexity, they can be invaluable sources of information in divorce proceedings. Not only do they provide insight into prior years’ earnings, they can also point to assets and sources of […]

  • Bankruptcy Services From a Forensic Accountant

    In this short video, Tracy talks about some of the services a forensic accountant could provide in a bankruptcy case. These services could include: Tracing of funds through bank accounts Looking for hidden income and assets Evaluating expenditures to determine […]

  • Protecting a Spouse’s Financial Interest in Divorce

    When a spouse knows that divorce is in his or her future, there are obvious steps to be taken. Securing a competent divorce attorney is one, and thinking about the division of assets and income is another. Yet when it […]

  • An Ounce of Prevention

    If you haven’t heard by now, internal fraud is expensive, costing companies an average of 5% of revenues each year. Employees are in an excellent position to steal the company blind. Particularly for those in upper management, access to assets […]

  • Determining Income With the IRS Expenditures Method

    When the IRS believes a taxpayer has unreported income, they will use alternative methods to attempt to determine the true income. One of those methods is the Expenditures Method. Tracy Coenen explains the basic methodology in this video. Note that […]

  • Consumers Looking for a “Good” MLM

    Robert FitzPatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert is bombarded every week by consumers who want to ask him, “What about this MLM?” You see, the marketers of multi-level marketing companies have gotten very savvy. They know that plenty of us have […]