Asset misappropriation and check fraud pose significant threats to businesses and organizations. Detecting and preventing such fraudulent activities is a complex task requiring expertise and specialized knowledge. This is where forensic accountants, armed with their...

One crucial aspect of ensuring your client gets the best settlement is the process of accurate tracing, which involves identifying and quantifying marital and non-marital assets to ensure a just distribution. Unfortunately, when tracing is done incorrectly or...

Everyone in business has a trusted assistant—someone you hire for the job or someone through working together. As you progress in your business, you rely increasingly on that person. Their responsibilities increase, and they put you at ease when under stress by...

The use of computers in business is as necessary as breathing fresh air. Businesses with access to public information such as credit card numbers, social security or employment identification, dates of birth, names, and addresses must maintain a secure computer server...

If you plan to be married, it is in your best interest to protect your assets in case of a divorce. You would much rather be financially sound than devastated if a divorce does occur. The primary way to protect your assets is to locate an Estate and Trust Attorney to...

Number one on the IRS 2023 Dirty Dozen list is the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) misuse. This refundable tax credit is designed to reward business owners for retaining employees throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. IRS is cautioning business...

With advances in technology and the growing complexity of global banking and business, numerous new avenues of deceit are created daily for swindlers to mask illegal and fraudulent activity. The money movement between companies, governments, and individuals has become...

In divorce matters, a spouse may be exposed to constructive fraud through the waste of community assets by the other spouse. In community property states, spouses have a fiduciary duty to each other and place trust in each other to be responsible for the community...

With advances in technology and the growing complexity of global banking and business, numerous new avenues of deceit have been created for swindlers to mask illegal and fraudulent activity. In this digital age, the movement of money between companies, governments,...

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ “Report to the Nations – 2022 Global Fraud Study” revealed how occupational fraud is detected in business[1]. Occupational fraud occurs when an employee, manager, or executive of an organization deceives the organization...