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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808541103321

Autore

Dorrell Darrell D

Titolo

Financial forensics body of knowledge / / Darrell D. Dorrell, Gregory A. Gadawski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012

ISBN

1-119-20073-3

1-280-59130-7

9786613621139

1-118-21897-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (559 p.)

Collana

Wiley finance ; ; 616

Classificazione

BUS001000

Altri autori (Persone)

GadawskiGregory A

Disciplina

363.25/6

Soggetti

Commercial crimes

Forensic accounting

Fraud investigation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Financial ForensicsBody of Knowledge; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; What Is a Methodology?; Why Was This Book Written?; How to Use This Book; About the Book's Website; How This Book Is Organized; PART ONE Financial Forensics Tools, Techniques, Methods, and Methodologies; CHAPTER 1 Foundational Phase; Assignment Development Stage; Scoping Stage; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2 Interpersonal Phase; Interviews and Interrogation Stage; Behavior Detection; Background Research Stage; Conclusion; CHAPTER 3 Data Collection and Analysis Phase: Part I; Data Collection Stage

Surveillance StageConfidential Informants Stage; Undercover Stage; Laboratory Analysis Stage; Confirmation Bias: Clinical Thinking; Aberrant Pattern Detection: What's the Difference?; Forensic Lexicology: How to Analyze Words Like Numbers; Conclusion; CHAPTER 4 Data Collection and Analysis Phase: Part II; Analysis of Transactions Stage; The Myth of Internal Control; Financial Statements-Written Confessions; 60-Second Method; Forensic Indices; Forensic Financial Analysis; Conclusion; CHAPTER 5 Data Collection and Analysis Phase: Part III; FSAT-Financial Status Audit Techniques



Applying Digital Analysis Techniques in Financial Forensics InvestigationsValuation & Forensics-Why & How; Valuation's Orphan; Conclusion; CHAPTER 6 Trial and Reports Phase; Trial Preparation Stage; Testimony and Exhibits; Weapon (WPN); Reports and Exhibits: Tips and Techniques; Post-Assignment; Conclusion; PART TWO Financial Forensics Special Topics; CHAPTER 7 Counterterrorism: Conventional Tools for Unconventional Warfare; Stop the Money-Stop the Terrorists; Civil Tools Used by Federal Law Enforcement; The Civil Statutes as Counterterrorism Weapons

Why Use Civil Laws in Addition to Criminal Laws?Discussion of Alter Ego; Alter Ego Literature; Alter Ego Jurisdictional Examples; The Challenges of Alter Ego Investigation; Fraudulent Transfer; Solvency; Forensic Accounting Techniques; Alter Ego, Fraudulent Conveyance, and Solvency Matters in Action; What Target-Rich Scenarios Can Be Exploited?; Forensic Accounting: Counterterrorism Weaponry; Financial Statements-The Sources of Data; When Financial Statements Contain Laundered Money; When No Records Have Been Prepared by the Terrorist; Summary of Forensic Accounting Observations

A Forensic Accounting Methodology to Support CounterterrorismSummary; Conclusion; CHAPTER 8 Civil versus Criminal Law Comparison; Comparison; What If You Suspect Embezzlement?-The Three Big Don'ts and Several Do's; Conclusion; Appendix Forensic Inventory: Forensic Tools, Techniques, Methods, and Methodologies; Bibliography; About the Authors and Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The definitive, must-have guide for the forensic accounting professional Financial Forensics Body of Knowledge is the unique, innovative, and definitive guide and technical reference work for the financial forensics and/or forensic accounting professional, including nearly 300 forensic tools, techniques, methods and methodologies apply to virtually all civil, criminal and dispute matters. Many of the tools have never before been published. It defines the profession: ""The Art & Science of Investigating People & Money."" It defines Forensic Operato