Forensic accounting can be defined as the science of gathering and presenting financial information in a form that will be accepted by a court of jurisprudence against perpetrators of economic crimes. Economic crimes have increased dramatically in recent years. This becomes evident in viewing newspaper reports, which on an almost daily basis report of economic crimes committed in communiti…
The theory addresses the perpetrator ’ s role in committing the fraudu- lent act. The auditor is not required to think like a perpetrator of fraud, a useless act, but to be as creative and intuitive in their response to fraud, as the perpetrator is in their pursuit of carrying out a fraudulent act. The dif- ference between right and wrong is simple; however, people complicate the differe…
The catastrophic business failures of this decade have been revealing on many levels. From my professional perspective as a forensic accounting investigator, I couldn’t help but notice the need across much of the business community for a better grasp of the scope and skills of the forensic accounting investigator. Most people seemed to be struggling. How could these massive frauds have oc…