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The forensic accountant: the Sherlock Holmes of the Accounting World.(Selected Topic)
Who is one part accountant, one part detective and one part legal expert? Hint: This person is equally at home identifying corporate misdeeds, providing key evidence in legal proceedings or working with the CIA.
If you answered "a forensic accountant," you'd be right on the money.
As you may have guessed, even if you didn't answer the question correctly, these are no ordinary accountants. Forensic accountants routinely handle issues ranging from hidden assets and misappropriation of funds to embezzlement. Government agencies even call upon them to evaluate the banking records of suspected terrorists.
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- Magazine article from: The National Public Accountant Messmer, Max December 1, 2003 700+ words
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- Certified Forensic Accountants discuss the Cr.FA designation and their favorite...
- Magazine article from: The Forensic Examiner Marshall, Stephanie November 1, 2003 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 29, 2002 700+ words
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- Forensic accountants mind the knowledge gap; Disaster recovery speeded by...
- Magazine article from: Business Insurance Greenwald, Judy August 4, 2008 700+ words
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- West Virginia University to Teach Forensic Accounting with Companies' Books.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 30, 2003 700+ words
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- India needs 6,000 forensic accountants to fight corp frauds.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. February 1, 2009 700+ words
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- Forensic accounting: a new growth area in accounting.
- Magazine article from: The Ohio CPA Journal Crumbley, D. Larry Apostolou, Nicholas July 1, 2002 700+ words
...the use of forensic accounting techniques...numbers of forensic accountants and fraud...services of forensic accountants has mushroomed...ranked forensic accounting as the No...evasion have forensic accountants been so squarely...
- Memo on Forensic Accounting.(forensic and litigation services...
- Magazine article from: The Practical Accountant September 1, 2004 700+ words
...has issued a discussion memorandum on forensic accounting. The memo points out that forensic accountants have emerged as vital allies in the...which proposed the memo, believes that forensic accounting consists of two major components...
