Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting, George A. Manning CFE EA
Publisher: CRC Press

Couch has more than 14 years of experience in the field of accounting, with the last 7 years focused completely on forensic accounting related engagements. Forensic accounting includes the investigation of financial records in a venture to discredit fraud affirmations or uncover evidence of fraud. Litigation help is very important and the forensic accountants play a extremely crucial part in it. It also requires the integration of investigative, accounting, and auditing skills. Forensic accounting is the application of accounting principles, concepts, procedures, and conventions in the analysis of financial statement frauds and other investigative processes that involves accounting. They must also have the ability to accurately interpret financial statements or to work in circumstances where financial information may have been tampered with or destroyed, by recreating it to establish if fraudulent actions were taken. Forensic Accountants Follow the Money. Forensic accountants help conduct the financial investigative portion of complex cases. Forensic Accounting in Developing Economies and Problems. Forensic accountants investigate and document financial fraud and white-collar crimes. Covering criminology and ethics, financial transactions and fraud schemes, fraud investigation, fraud prevention and deterrence, professional and career development in forensic accounting, and legal elements of fraud. The calling depends intensely on accounting capability and information of business. Today, forensic accountants within their expanded role are hired to work all kinds of cases where having knowledge of accounting investigation is extremely important. This industry provides services that apply accounting concepts and techniques to legal problems.