Super-charge your forensic accounting techniques! Forensic accounting is exploring uncharted territory by examining off-balance sheet transactions and non-financial performance measures. You are now called upon to detect fraudulent financial reporting and to redesign internal controls to prevent misappropriation of assets. Hidden asset investigations are required for business valuations and divorce proceedings, while wrongful death and disability claims require earnings projections and potential health care costs.  Identify common forensic techniques to recognize fraud schemes and scams, and sharpen forensic skills through the use of analytical tools. Learn to follow
cash flows, uncover accounting schemes and much more.

• Utilize common forensic techniques to recognize schemes and scams
• Detect fraud with analytical tools and other techniques
• Develop approaches to detect under- or over-valued assets
• Ferret out hidden assets and overstated damage claims
• Prepare for deposition phase and witness stand

• Industry CPAs responsible for designing control systems, forensic accounting and investigative activities, and those who testify as expert witnesses
• Experienced CPA firm audit seniors

• Following cash flows: identifying inconsistent or unusual items or practices
• Accounting schemes: financing arrangements; fictitious sales, receivables and fixed assets; related party transactions; conflicts of interest; sham transactions; premature revenue recognition; cost and expense shifting
• Common fraud scams: Ponzi, asset flips, lapping, kiting, short shipments, ghosts, intellectual property theft and computer crime
• Analytical techniques
• Internal control examination
• Investigative techniques
• Preparing for the deposition and witness stand
• Developing the written report