An important lifestyle consideration is the source of funding. Many families fund their lifestyle with one source of income, earned from their work. Other families have multiple sources of income that may include investments, trusts, debt, liquidation of assets or […]

What kinds of things can forensic accountants be involved in relative to construction fraud? A common area of fraud involves a general contractor using funds from a project to fund other projects. Also common is the construction company claiming a […]

In order to properly plan a fraud investigation, a fraud examiner needs to be able to ask good questions that extract valuable information about what needs to be done. The specific questions vary with each investigation, but the following are […]

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 […]

In every white-collar case, intent separates a mistake from a crime. False statements, bad math, or inconsistent paperwork are not enough. Prosecutors must show what was happening in a person’s mind at the time — that the falsehood was deliberate, […]

A common point of contention in fraud cases focuses on one important word: material. The defense attorneys say a false statement made by the defendant didn’t matter because it wasn’t material. It wasn’t important enough, or it didn’t really change […]

Cost-saving measures are always attractive to businesses. If a company with annual revenue of $10 million could eliminate a $500,000 expense, would management be interested? Internal fraud prevention could be the key to saving money in precisely this way. Experts […]

After a fraud investigator is done with her work and has issued the expert report, company management and retained attorneys must decide what to do with the information presented. If the case is already in litigation, the use of the […]

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