Forensic CPA Certification & Forensic CPA Certificate Course

Forensic accounting is an exciting and rewarding field that allows professionals to use their accounting knowledge and investigative skills to catch criminals, settle lawsuits, and reduce the risk of large-scale fraud. Success in forensic accounting often requires a wealth of knowledge beyond that deemed necessary for traditional, entry-level accounting roles.

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In today’s world, fraud is more sophisticated and devastating, than ever. In recent years, the complicated nature of modern fraud has driven the growth of forensic accounting, a niche field that is often referred to as the CSI of accounting. Forensic Accountants are trained in both accounting and criminal investigation, forensic accountants play a huge role in criminal justice and civil litigation.

Forensic accountants investigate a wide range of different activities related to fraud that can take place within corporate, healthcare, real estate, mass marketing, hedge funds, and securities trading fields. These professionals may also investigate other crimes such as contract disagreements, money laundering, bribery, and embezzlement. While the duties of forensic accountants mainly lead them to investigate and analyse, they may also be called upon to serve as expert witnesses in court.

There are instances in which the skills forensic accountants employ is used in more personal matters. In a dissolution of a marriage, for example, a forensic accountant will review the financial situations of both parties as well as their spending to advance the settlement process and to provide attorneys with accurate information to use in court. Forensic accountants are able to trace assets through investment accounts, and they can also identify hidden income or assets.

The roles forensic accountants will be expected to take on in criminal and civil investigations include:

Complex Litigation

Government Investigations

Government is usually the largest employer and the biggest spender in the country. This often created opportunity for fraud to occur, especially when there are poor controls. Forensic accountants’ investigative abilities can be put to good use, not only in standard civil disputes, but also in larger government investigations. For example, in major criminal investigations, forensic accountants can play a chief role in tracing complex money trails. Although non-agent consultants may be relied on at the regional and state level, the hundreds of forensic accountants are employed to handle sensitive matters.

Prevention and Risk Management

When dealing with financial disputes lawyers are often unable to provide knowledgeable financial information. Forensic accountants can lend a hand by interpreting complicated financial issues and relaying them in a way that both attorneys and their clients can understand. Forensic accountants may also play an investigative rol
Corporate entities and government agencies are increasingly turning to forensic accounting experts for assistance with preventive measures, designed to keep fraud and the associated expense of the investigation (and litigation) process to a minimum. Forensic accountants may be asked to conduct thorough internal audits, through which potential pitfalls are uncovered. After identifying problem areas, forensic accountants can help corporate and non-profit clients take the necessary next steps to minimize the potential for fraud. In the corporate environment, forensic accountants can also monitor for compliance with emerging regulations.

How to Become a Forensic Certified Public Accountant (Forensic CPA)

To become a Forensic CPA, you must complete the following five certificates.

FRD 510: Principles of Fraud Examination

Description
Principles of Fraud Examination provide a wealth of informative and entertaining insights into the complex social factors behind fraudulent behaviours. The course also provides a broad overview of the field of Fraud Examination – from what fraud is, to how it is committed, detected and deterred.

Fraud examination is the procedure that is carried out to determine if fraud has taken place. If there is evidence that fraud has taken place, investigations are normally conducted to arrest the fraudster.
Coverage begins with an explanation of fraud examination methodology, followed by detailed examination of the most prevalent fraud schemes used by employees, owners, managers and executives.

Learning Objectives
Skimming
Cash Larceny
Billing Schemes
Check Tampering
Payroll Schemes
Expense Reimbursement Schemes
Register Disbursement Schemes
Non-Cash Assets
Corruption
Accounting Principles and Fraud
Fraudulent Financial Statement Schemes
Interviewing Witnesses
Conducting Investigations and Report Writing
Occupational Fraud and Abuse: The Big Picture
Handwriting Analysis
Fraud Risk Assessment

FRD 508: Forensic & Investigative Accounting

Description
Forensic and Investigative Accounting is comprised of five parts: The first part defines the discipline and practice of forensic accounting, including a brief history of forensic accounting globally. It also contains a description of the various forensic specialties, career opportunities, associations and certifications, which will be helpful in you deciding what area you wish to specialize in. The second part deals with uncovering a wide variety of accounting crimes. These include financial statement fraud, misappropriation of assets, indirect methods of reconstructing income and money laundering.

Attention shifts to the courtroom in the third section, with discussions of courtroom procedures, proper evidence management, the calculation of damages and damage expert reports, antitrust litigation and federal Fraudulent Claims Act litigation. Cybercrime is the subject of the fourth part, which provides an overview of techniques for tracing hackers, an incisive survey of federal and state computer crime statutes and a chapter on cybercrime loss valuations, including valuations for recovery purposes under “hacker” insurance policies.

The final part focuses on business valuations, especially in the context of economic measurements associated with litigation. The primary business valuations methods are discussed and illustrated.

Learning Objectives
Forensic Accounting Education, Institutions and Specialties
Fraudulent Financial Reporting
Detecting Fraud in Financial Reporting
Employee Fraud: The Misappropriation of Assets
Indirect Methods of Reconstructing Income
Money Laundering and Transnational Financial Flows
Litigation Services Provided by Accountants
Proper Evidence Management
Commercial Damages
Litigation Support in Special Situations
Computing Economic Damages
Computer Forensics
Internet Forensic Analysis: Profiling the Cybercriminal
Cybercrime Management: Legal issues
Cybercrime Loss Valuations

CRM 504: Criminal Interrogations & Confessions

Description
To be successful as a fraud examiner, you must be able to conduct effective interviews, draw out the truth from suspects and identify stages of deception. You may explore supplemental options to your current practice with included class discussions with field applications.

Criminal Interrogation and Confessions includes transcripts from actual interviews and interrogations, as well as communication examples from other sources that reflect those times when one person communicated with another, and the exchange provided learning material.

Ancient and historical sources from modern-day concepts of inquiry, persuasion, and deception are also cited.

Learning Objectives
Distinctions between Interviews and Interrogations
Obtaining and Evaluating Factual Information
Case Solution Possibilities
Precautionary Measures for the Protection of the Innocent.
Privacy and the Interview Room
Qualifications, Attitude & General Conduct for the Investigator
Preparation & Starting the Interview
Formulating Interview Questions
Behaviour Symptom Analysis
Precautions when Evaluating Behaviour Symptoms of Truthful &Untruthful Subjects
The Behaviour Analysis Interview
The Use of Specialized Questioning Techniques
The Reid Nine Steps of Interrogation
Recommendations for Interrogators
Distinguishing Between True & False Confessions
Testifying on a Confession
Interrogation Law
Confession Law

FRD 506: Financial Investigation & Forensic Accounting

Description
Embezzlement, graft, fraud and money laundering are among the hardest crimes to prosecute. Investigation is impossible without an understanding of the law, accounting, finance and banking procedures. Law enforcement must have the proper weapons to combat the evolving sophistication of financial crimes.

Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting offers a thorough examination of current methods and legal concerns for the detection and prosecution of economic crime. The course will guide law enforcement and prosecutors from detection through indictment and conviction.

The mechanics of gambling, fraud and money laundering are explained. You will learn how prosecutors present the tax codes, off-shore banking laws, and the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) statutes to judges and juries. Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting details the exacting legal standards for the successful execution of warrants, seizures and forfeitures. This course provides an invaluable approach to the detection and prosecution of economic crime.

Learning Objectives
Economics of Crime
Financial Crimes
Offshore Activities
Evidence
Net Worth Theory
Expenditure Theory
Scenario Case
RICO Net Worth Solutions
Tax Net worth Solution
RICO Expenditure Solution
Tax Expenditure Solution
Organized Crime
Trial Preparation and Testimony
Accounting and Audit Techniques
Sources of Information
Wagering and Gambling

FRD 502: Corporate Fraud Handbook

Description
The Corporate Fraud Handbook comprise a case study that explores the three main categories of occupational fraud and abuse. These are: Asset Misappropriation; Corruption; and Fraudulent Statements.

Additionally, this course identifies and classifies thirteen separate schemes. It also provides an overview of the complex social factors that go into creating an occupational offender. This course also looks at why employees engage in fraudulent behaviour and describes measures to prevent it.

Learning Objectives
– Case studies revealing insights into the mind of the fraudulent employee.
– Statistics from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Report showing the average cost and prevalence for each mode of fraud.
– Observations and conclusions in each chapter to guide participants through devising detection and prevention strategies.
– The fraud tree, which is a systematic classification of the various types of occupational frauds.

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