Tag Archives: Fraud Detection

Copiers as a Security Risk and a Source of Data for an Investigation

By admin | Published: May 20, 2010

The hard drives on electronic copiers store images of the documents scanned. This presents both security risks, and data sources in an investigation.

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Tips for Identifying Financial Statement Fraud

By admin | Published: December 15, 2009

Financial statements can quickly become overwhelmingly complicated.  Major corporations have legions of accounting personnel responsible solely for generating their financial statements.  Millions of general ledger entries are made each year, and it would be almost, if not, impossible to review every single one.
So, what can be done?  My preference is to conduct a high level [...]

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If it Sounds Too Good to be True…

By admin | Published: September 8, 2009

Many frauds are easily detectable, as their promised returns appear grossly unrealistic

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