As the United States goes back to normal, following our remembrance of September 11, 2001, one of the most offensive bits of “normal” continues at airports. We, the citizens of the United States, allow the Transportation Security Administration to shame, […]
The path from Marquette undergraduate to forensic accounting expert was an unexpected one for Tracy Coenen. But she hadn’t counted on a chance semester of Financial Criminal Investigations and the impression left by her professor, a former IRS special agent. […]
Doris Hajewski – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A year and a half after the embezzlement of $34 million from Koss Corp. was discovered, former accounting employee Julie Mulvaney is negotiating with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle the regulatory agency’s […]
It’s hard to believe that our elected officials and the people they appoint to important jobs can be this stupid. But it’s true. They are. Recently, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stated in a interview on MSNBC that food stamps and […]
The big buzz this week is an article in Rolling Stone regarding the SEC’s policy of destroying documents related to Matters Under Investigation (MUIs) which do not result in any agency action being taken. At first blush, it may appear […]
As regulators focus on corruption crackdowns, companies are turning to compliance committees to help them stay on the right track. Tracy L. Coenen – CFO Magazine Do a Web search for corporate compliance committees, and you’ll get hundreds of thousands […]
I have addressed the issue of teacher compensation multiple times in the context of Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and the constant budget problems the district claims to have. The administrators claim that they need more money, yet time and again […]
United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida July 21, 2011 Press Release Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field […]
In the United States, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are required to be used by public companies so that users of the financial statements can properly interpret results. It makes sense to have a set of rules common to all […]
“Tone at the top” is an overused phrase, but if companies want to mitigate fraud senior leaders need to speak up forcefully. Kimberly Blanton – CFO Magazine Cell-phone markets in Central America and Southeast Asia were booming early in the […]
