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Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Focus on Document Review and Handwriting Analysis

Tuesday, Jan. 26   10:00am - 11:44am

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2.00 Credits

Member Price $89.00

Non-Member Price $119.00

Overview

Forensic accounting, forensic accountancy or financial forensics is the specialty practice area of accounting that investigates whether firms engage in financial reporting misconduct. Forensic accountants apply a range of skills and methods to determine whether there has been financial reporting misconduct. Financial forensic engagements may fall into several categories. 

  • Economic damages calculations, whether suffered through tort or breach of contract.
  • Post-acquisition disputes such as earnouts or breaches of warranties
  • Bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization
  • Securities and tax fraud
  • Money laundering
  • Business valuation
  • Computer forensics/e-discovery

This session is designed to delve a bit deeper into the world of forensic accounting and identify some of the specific areas of expertise required to become a forensic accountant. We will then first delve deeper into the art of document analysis and handwriting analysis.
 

Objectives

  • Explore the history and credentials of forensic accounts
  • Identify the areas of expertise
  • Identify and focus on investigative techniques
  • Document analysis
  • Handwriting analysis
  • Appendix
  • Common terms
  • Resources

Highlights

  • Forensic Accounting
  • Accounting
  • Auditing
  • Finance

Designed For

Accountants, Finance Professionals, Auditors

Prerequisites

None

Preparation

None

Notice

Your webinar can be accessed via https://ctcpas.acpen.com/. If you do not have an ACPEN account, please sign up for an account using the email address you have on file with CTCPA.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Lynn Fountain, CGMA, CRMA, MB, AICPA

Lynn Fountain, CGMA, CRMA, MBA

Lynn Fountain has over 45 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance. Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies. In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees. The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials.

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Non-Member Price $119.00

Member Price $89.00