Guard against electronic funds transfer fraud
Monday, November 8th, 2010
Your business, like many others, may receive and pay out funds through electronic funds transfer (EFT) and automated clearing house (ACH) transactions. Such transactions include converting paper checks to electronic payments, wiring funds, and paying taxes electronically. The frequency of EFT fraud and the size of losses have increased as cybercriminals are targeting small and […]
Read More »Better Property Settlement in Divorce
Friday, August 20th, 2010
We’ve heard it said that the second most contentious issue in a divorce (after the children) is the property settlement. One side may resort to unusual measures to reduce the property settlement, while the other side may be seeking revenge or punishment through the property settlement. The intense emotions complicate the process of determining an equitable settlement. […]
Read More »C.S.I. – Accounting
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
I don’t know that I see a TV show in our future, but forensic accountants follow the money trail in the same way crime scene investigators follow the trail of the murder suspect to build a case. This area of our practice has received more press recently as the Ponzi schemes of Bernard Madoff and […]
Read More »Fraud protection resource
Monday, June 21st, 2010
When times get tough, more people try imaginative (and illegal) ways to outsmart the system or take advantage of others. We’ve seen it during this recession in Ponzi schemes (e.g., Madoff and Bolze), unemployment insurance fraud, bank fraud, mortgage fraud, and more. Recently, the Federal government set up the interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Tax Force to […]
Read More »Fraud and Embezzlement
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Workplace fraud is an age-old problem in all types of businesses. Whether it takes the form of financial statement fraud, corruption, or misappropriation of company assets, the cost to businesses is estimated at seven percent of annual revenues, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Their new report, to be released June 2, indicates that almost 90% of workplace fraud consists […]
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