Management overrides of internal controls can make your company more vulnerable to fraud. This is true even when managers have innocent intentions — for […]

Ghost employees and other payroll scams are trouble for employers. They may be just as fictional as the paranormal activities in your favorite scary book or movie, […]

Forensic accountants are engaged for a wide variety of assignments, among them investigating fraud, auditing internal controls and quantifying damages associated with legal disputes. All of these […]

Not all shell companies are dishonest. Despite their often-sinister reputation, these paper-only companies may be used legitimately to hold another business’s assets. Or they […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has put enormous pressure on medical practices and healthcare workers. The last thing they need right now is to worry about financial losses and […]

Management consulting company McKinsey reports that synthetic identity theft is growing fast.  In fact, it’s the fastest growing financial crime in the United States. […]

Forensic accountants have many tools to help them find evidence of hidden assets or fraud. But one of the most effective, particularly in divorce […]

Maybe the numbers didn’t add up during your company’s recent inventory count. You know that most inventory discrepancies are the result of honest mistakes, […]

Business value is a function of risk and return. This is why, when appraising companies, valuation experts are always factoring fraud risk into a business valuation. Although […]

Reports started trickling into state agricultural agencies in July: Consumers were worried about strange seed packets they had received in the mail. The unsolicited goods […]