Business attorneys like yourself are always trying to help clients prevent fraud in their businesses. To prevent fraud, it is critical first to encourage your clients to develop a policy to deter fraud and make employees aware of the impact of fraud on the...
During the tax shelter years, individuals would invest in schemes to save money on federal income tax owed. As a result, scores of people lost money and became part of a con man’s “sucker list.” In early 2001, there was a fraud scheme in Las Vegas...
Written by Edmond Martin, CFE, TBCI, and Daniel Fannin, CPA, CFE, CAMS – of Sage Investigations, LLC. A retired individual and his wife divorced after more than 25 years of marriage. They sold their family home, and he received half of the proceeds totaling $175,000,...
The Texas Constitution, Article XVI, Sec. 15, defines Separate Property as all real and personal property of a spouse owned or claimed before marriage, and that was acquired afterward by gift, devise, or descent shall be the separate property of that spouse.[1] States...
All of the below best practices are implemented by Sage Investigations, LLC in the bank analyses and the tracing analyses through algorithms and DIO, a proprietary technology. Utilize technology to convert account activity from paper or PDF formats to a format that...
The old style of robbery is resurging but with a different slant. Instead of robbing the bank, they rob the customers or you with a silver tongue in a romance scheme. Individuals emerging from COVID want the freedom of 2018 – 2019, but things have changed. We are now...
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