CPAs Magnify Their Interest in Forensics
The Wisconsin CPA – Excerpts from Cover Story By Amy Gaeth, Managing Editor Many people consider fraud and litigation to be unpleasant business. A growing number of Wisconsin CPAs are willingly getting...
View ArticleDo the Prosecution Thing
The Business Journal of Milwaukee By Kathy Bergstrom Johnny Vassallo wants to send a message in his pursuit of a forgery case against his former employee. Rather than simply firing his bookkeeper and...
View ArticleForensic Accounting: A New Twist on Bean Counting
Written by Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, CFF Wisconsin Law Journal Reprinted in the Kansas City Daily Record Traditional accountants and auditors have long been referred to as “bean counters.” Some may take...
View ArticleYoung Pros Investigate Fraud As a Career Option
Written by Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, CFF 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...
View ArticleProviding Forensic Accounting Services as a Small Firm
Written by Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, CFF FOCUS – Newsletter of the AICPA Forensic & Valuation Services Section Forensic accounting and fraud investigation are hot specialties in the accounting world....
View ArticleAccountants Cite Lessons Learned in Koss Scandal
Eric Decker – BizTimes.com How could one corporate executive make more than $30 million in unauthorized transactions over four years without anyone else on the company’s leadership team or its...
View ArticleLifestyle Analysis in Criminal Cases: Proving Income Without Full Documentation
Written by Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, CFF Both civil and criminal cases often involve an element of proving or disproving income of an individual or business. It is not unusual for a divorce case to include...
View ArticleWorld of Forensic Accounting Unveils How Companies Are Cheated Out of Millions
Millions of dollars are missing from a Milwaukee company, and an employee is charged with stealing a staggering sum of money. How deep the fraud goes is something investigators are still deciphering....
View ArticleFormer Koss Executive Pulls Off “Complex” Fraud
Nearly a year after she was arrested, Sue Sachdeva will be sentenced for stealing $34 million from the Koss Corporation.Sachdeva, a former executive at Koss, will be sentenced in federal court...
View ArticleFinding Hidden Income and Assets
Written by Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, CFF Cases of financial fraud often focus on the core issue of where the money went. Successfully carrying out a fraud scheme involves not only taking the money, but...
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