Financial forensics body of knowledge

著者

• Dorrell, Darrell D.
• Gadawski, Gregory A.

書誌事項

Financial forensics body of knowledge

Darrell D. Dorrell, Gregory A. Gadawski

John Wiley & Sons, c2012

• : hardback

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-520) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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 Operators: "...financial forensics-capable personnel... possess unique and specific skills, knowledge, experience, education, training, and integrity to function in the financial forensics discipline." It defines why: "If you understand financial forensics you understand fraud, but not vice versa" by applying financial forensics to all aspects of the financial community. It contains a book-within-a-book Companion Section for financial valuation and litigation specialists. It defines foundational financial forensics/forensic accounting methodologies: FAIM, Forensic Accounting Investigation Methodology, ICE/SCORE, CICO, APD, forensic lexicology, and others. It contains a Reader Lookup Table that permits everyone in the financial community to immediately focus on the pertinent issues. This work is the only financial forensics/forensic accounting methodology also published by the United States Department of Justice. It redefines the standard for all dimensions of the financial forensics and forensic accounting profession and is written to address the entire financial community comprised of Originators (CFOs, controllers, accountants, analysts, etc.), Users (auditors, valuators, attorneys, judges, lenders, investors, internal auditors, consumers, bankers, professors, board members, executives, journalists, etc.), and Regulators (civil, including IRS, IMF, SEC,; and criminal, including FBI and state and local law enforcement; Interpol, counterterrorism and military. Financial Forensics Body of Knowledge is: The only codified financial forensics/forensic accounting methodology known to exist; The only codified methodology comprising civil, criminal, and dispute methodologies within the same framework; The only codified methodology supported by optional Internet-based software that continually updates content with newly discovered and developed forensic tools, techniques, methods and methodologies, and actual reports; The only codified methodology to contain actual report content (BLINDED) for many different forensic matters, including alter ego, damages, fraud, fraudulent transfer, marital dissolution, valuation, etc.; The only codified methodology to contain a comprehensive Forensic Inventory of tools, techniques, methods and methodologies; The only codified methodology to address virtually every type of entity, i.e. privately-held, publicly-held, governmental, charitable, NPO, NGO, etc.; The only codified methodology applicable to the US and global financial community; The only codified methodology that comprises an embedded training tool for beginning, intermediate and advanced financial professionals; The only codified methodology suitable for immediate adoption as firm-wide and agency-wide best practices technical and training standards. The great majority of the content has not been previously assembled and published, and duplication of other publications has been purposely avoided to prevent redundancy. The two principal authors have trained literally thousands within the financial community in various aspects of the content during the last several years. The attendees have included virtually all entity types, including federal, state and local government and law enforcement, e.g. SEC, FBI. The feedback has been universally positive and prompted the construction of this book. The contributing authors include public and private practice, attorneys, academics, law enforcement, and publicly-held and privately-held financial professionals. They are practitioners first and foremost and heavily experienced in instructional settings.

目次

Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 What Is a Methodology? 1 Why Was This Book Written? 4 How to Use This Book 10 About the Book's Website 10 How This Book Is Organized 11 PART ONE Financial Forensics Tools, Techniques, Methods, and Methodologies CHAPTER 1 Foundational Phase 21 Assignment Development Stage 21 Scoping Stage 36 Conclusion 54 CHAPTER 2 Interpersonal Phase 55 Interviews and Interrogation Stage 56 Behavior Detection 62 Background Research Stage 73 Conclusion 77 CHAPTER 3 Data Collection and Analysis Phase: Part I 79 Data Collection Stage 79 Surveillance Stage 111 Confidential Informants Stage 114 Undercover Stage 117 Laboratory Analysis Stage 119 Confirmation Bias: Clinical Thinking 122 Aberrant Pattern Detection: What's the Difference? 131 Forensic Lexicology: How to Analyze Words Like Numbers 150 Conclusion 172 CHAPTER 4 Data Collection and Analysis Phase: Part II 173 Analysis of Transactions Stage 173 The Myth of Internal Control 175 Financial Statements-Written Confessions 181 60-Second Method 185 Forensic Indices 204 Forensic Financial Analysis 212 Conclusion 252 CHAPTER 5 Data Collection and Analysis Phase: Part III 255 FSAT-Financial Status Audit Techniques 255 Applying Digital Analysis Techniques in Financial Forensics Investigations 270 Valuation & Forensics-Why & How 287 Valuation's Orphan 294 Conclusion 314 CHAPTER 6 Trial and Reports Phase 315 Trial Preparation Stage 315 Testimony and Exhibits 318 Weapon (WPN) 320 Reports and Exhibits: Tips and Techniques 325 Post-Assignment 333 Conclusion 334 PART TWO Financial Forensics Special Topics CHAPTER 7 Counterterrorism: Conventional Tools for Unconventional Warfare 337 Stop the Money-Stop the Terrorists 337 Civil Tools Used by Federal Law Enforcement 338 The Civil Statutes as Counterterrorism Weapons 339 Why Use Civil Laws in Addition to Criminal Laws? 341 Discussion of Alter Ego 343 Alter Ego Literature 348 Alter Ego Jurisdictional Examples 358 The Challenges of Alter Ego Investigation 361 Fraudulent Transfer 372 Solvency 374 Forensic Accounting Techniques 378 Alter Ego, Fraudulent Conveyance, and Solvency Matters in Action 384 What Target-Rich Scenarios Can Be Exploited? 386 Forensic Accounting: Counterterrorism Weaponry 391 Financial Statements-The Sources of Data 395 When Financial Statements Contain Laundered Money 403 When No Records Have Been Prepared by the Terrorist 408 Summary of Forensic Accounting Observations 413 A Forensic Accounting Methodology to Support Counterterrorism 415 Summary 421 Conclusion 423 CHAPTER 8 Civil versus Criminal Law Comparison 445 Comparison 457 What If You Suspect Embezzlement?-The Three Big Don'ts and Several Do's 457 Conclusion 469 Appendix Forensic Inventory: Forensic Tools, Techniques, Methods, and Methodologies 471 Bibliography 517 About the Authors and Contributors 521 Index 529

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB09728067
• ISBN:
  • 9780470880852
• LCCN: 2011034183
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Hoboken, N.J.
• ページ数/冊数: xvi, 541 p.
• 大きさ: 26 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HV6769
  • DC23 : 363.25/6
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Financial crimes
  • LCSH : Forensic accounting
  • LCSH : Fraud investigation