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Fraud Accountants

Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry - May 9th - 10th, New York, NY

Hosted by the American Conference Institute, the 19th Annual FCPA & Anti-Corruption Conference for the Life Sciences Industry returns for another exciting year with carefully researched programming based on critical findings...more

J.S. Held

Forensic Accounting & Financial Investigations: The Layered Approach

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Taking the Layered Approach - There’s a maxim in forensic accounting that investigations take twice as long as anticipated, yet the final report appears to have taken half the time. There are progressive layers in a...more

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SEC Acting Chief Accountant Comments on “The Auditor’s Responsibility for Fraud Detection”

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Continuing his recent efforts at clarifying the views of the Office of the Chief Accountant (“OCA”) on various topics, in an October 11, 2022 statement Acting Chief Accountant Paul Munter emphasized the SEC’s focus on auditor...more

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Conducting Forensic Accounting And Internal Investigations

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Introduction - The term forensic accounting is often misused and misunderstood. Tell someone you are a forensic accountant, and the response typically is: “So, like CSI on television!” Sort of. But forensic accountants...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Forensic Audits are Trending

The demand for forensic auditing services is soaring during our ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. In the space of Certified Public Accountants (CPA) service offerings, forensic auditing is a recognized   tool for detecting and...more

A&O Shearman

Court allows journalist to access historic accountant’s report held by company’s solicitors

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An English Court has relied on the principle of open justice to order that an accountant’s report, referred to in a six-year-old English court judgment, should be disclosed to a journalist as the document was relevant to a...more

Hogan Lovells

Global Accountants’ Liability Update – March 2021

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Recent regulatory and enforcement developments - Hong Kong - Court rules on disclosure of disciplinary decisions- Accountants and other professionals should not expect that disciplinary decisions against them will remain...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Auditor Liability: The Case against PwC

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At least as far back as the Enron scandal and subsequent enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley, accountants and auditors have been viewed as uniquely positioned to serve a crucial watchdog role. Among their many functions, they...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

All Employees Must Wash Hands: Case Dismissed on the Grounds of In Pari Delicto

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In a January 19, 2016 Commercial Division decision by Justice Bransten, the court granted defendants’ motions to dismiss on the grounds of in pari delicto....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

PCAOB Offers Guidance for Accounting Firms and Accountants Preparing Written Statements of Position

On September 19 and 20, 2013, the American Law Institute presented its annual course, Accountants’ Liability: Managing Risks in a Changing Environment. One highlight of the conference was a Public Company Accounting...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Socio-Economic and Cultural Risk Factors That Drive Corruption: A Focus on the ‘Supply Side’ of the Equation

This is the last installment of my three party series regarding Occupational Fraud. One can never lose focus on what I consider the key question as they enter or play within the international arena: What are the...more

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