The scope and mandate of forensic accountants is broad. Such professionals have the expertise to detect fraud and malpractices or misrepresentations in financial statements on top of the conventional ...

IMGCAP(1)]For many attorneys, retaining the services of forensic accountants has become an integral part of resolving their clients’ legal disputes, either before or during litigation. This need for ...

The trial of former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort raised public awareness about the role of forensic accountants as investigators and witnesses. As a forensic accountant myself, I’ve been ...

The American Institute of CPAs is encouraging more CPA firms and college professors to teach forensic accountants the skills they need to ferret out financial chicanery. The institute has published a ...

If you enjoy puzzles and have a knack for solving problems, you might consider becoming a forensic accountant. The field of forensic accounting merges finance and investigation as these accountants ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported its False Claims Act (FCA) statistics for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2021. The Justice Department obtained more than $5.6 billion in settlements and ...

April 10 -- With a virtual media cottage industry blooming on the corpse of bankrupt Enron and its complicated array of alleged financial shenanigans, could it be just a matter of time before some ...

This explains how internal audit focuses on ongoing risk prevention while forensic accounting investigates suspected fraud. The key takeaway is that one is proactive and advisory, while the other is ...

Divorce, boiled down to its most basic elements, is about dividing marital assets and debts. In some cases, the process is relatively simple: house, cars, bank accounts, credit card bills. Furniture ...

What surprised most about “The Accountant,” a film from last year starring Ben Affleck, was that it performed so well at the box office. What surprised Robert Bonavito was that it did it with a ...

Richard Roman Shum, Esq., a leading attorney at The Law Office of Richard Roman Shum ( presents a focused initiative on the ...