• Young Pros Investigate Fraud As a Career Option

    On Balance – The Magazine for Wisconsin CPAs January/February 2007 Ever since the big corporate scandals at Enron, WorldCom and Tyco, there has been an intense focus on fraud. This has made the field of forensic accounting the next hot […]

  • Vanishing Profession

    The shortage of accounting faculty is a hot topic in academia and professional circles. Some call it a crisis. INSIGHT – The Magazine of the Illinois CPA Society – January/February 2007 By Sheryl Nance-Nash Over the next three years, US […]

  • Fraud in family business

    Believe it or not, family members are notorious for stealing more from companies than regular employees. Why? Who knows! It could be greed or entitlement. It could be lax controls around family members and their job duties. It could be […]

  • Lessons learned from Bielnski Brothers

    Last week the Wisconsin Law Journal published an article I wrote about the fraud at Milwaukee-area home builder Bielinski Brothers Inc. The company’s CEO, Robert Brownell, was the mastermind of a fraud that cost the company an estimated $12 million. […]

  • Your Number’s Up: Tax Audit Time and Your Documents Are Missing

    A tax audit creates fear and anger in individuals and business owners. It also creates a need. The need for documentation to prove income and expenses when the auditor is scrutinizing them. It is not uncommon for documents to be […]