• NBA Players’ Health And Welfare Benefit Plan Defrauded

    Last week Thursday, 19 people were charged in federal court with defrauding the National Basketball Association Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan of almost $4 million. The charges are conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. One defendant, […]

  • Two Great Internet Resources for Background Investigations

    My investigations are rooted in financial documents, as I am most often trying to trace money and figure out where it went. (Thus, my unofficial tagline of: “I find money!”) But incorporated into the financial investigations is often background investigative […]

  • More on Billionaires Divorcing

    Last week I wrote about the billionaire divorce I worked on, as the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce story made headlines. These cases are once-in-a-lifetime cases, although last year I had an opportunity to work on one again. But after […]

  • How-To Guide to Fraud Investigations Course (CPA Crossings)

    Coming up on Monday, October 19: How-To Guide to Fraud Investigations course at CPA Crossings. This is a 2 hour online course, and is the third in a 4 part series on conducting #fraud investigations. This is your chance to […]

  • Starting a Fraud Investigation (Course at CPA Crossings)

    Coming up on Thursday Oct. 15: Starting a Fraud Investigation course at CPA Crossings. This is a 2 hour online course. It is the second in a 4 part series on conducting fraud investigations, but don’t worry… the 4 courses […]

  • Becoming a Fraud Investigator (Course at CPA Crossings)

    This Thursday Sept. 3: Becoming a Fraud Investigator course at CPA Crossings. This is a 2 hour online course, and is the first in a 4 part series on conducting fraud investigations. It is jam packed with forensic accounting information, […]

  • Fraud During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis

    There are so many things to be worried about with the COVID-19 pandemic. First and foremost is the health of our family and friends. But let’s not kid ourselves: The health of our economy is important too. People are already […]

  • Corporate Accountability Reporting and Roddy Boyd’s Hobby

    I got a little chuckle this week when Roddy Boyd and his paid hobby, Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation, put out a plea for donations and referred to their “work” as corporate accountability reporting. You see, a couple of weeks ago, […]

  • A Practical Fraud Investigation Course

    My biggest criticism of the courses on fraud investigation at the college level or in the continuing education space are that they are not practical. They all focus on theory and teaching about different types of fraud schemes. But who […]

  • Financial Investigation Software

    At the heart of every financial investigation is a trail of money. And in many cases those trails are complex. They involve multiple bank accounts and thousands of transactions that are intertwined.  This voluminous financial data must be culled, analyzed, […]