Conducting an Accurate Fraud Examination—What is Involved?
When your company is being investigated for accounting fraud, it may be because one of your employees was caught forging documents, or another was involved in laundering money, perhaps it was falsifying the financials. As part of any accounting fraud examination, a team of accounting and fraud investigators may enter your workplace to conduct a thorough review. If you determine your company is, or will be, under investigation – how should you handle it?
At Curnow and Curnow, PLLC, we recommend that you try to find out the obvious facts first in preparation for the fraud examination. Fraud can take in many forms. A comprehensive fraud examination should be carefully planned and thoroughly managed to be done right. You don’t want to make a delicate situation into something much worse for your company. Take the necessary steps and seek the right professional accounting help.
As one of the top forensic accounting firms in Washington, Curnow and Curnow, PLLC is staffed by accounting experts who take a practiced approach to fraud examination:
- Secure and collect physical and oral evidence – this is done in a manner consistent with the rules of evidence to ensure admissibility, if necessary
- Analyze the evidence for signs of fraud
- Present the evidence in a clear and understandable manner at a venue of your choosing
These steps usually involve the use of technology, including computer forensic analysis, data analysis, and interviews.
Call Curnow & Curnow, PLLC, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants today at (360) 676-6655 for your fraud examination needs in Washington. We have the expertise you need to identify the source of your accounting problems.
Collecting Forensic Evidence for Effective Fraud Examination
As an experienced fraud examination firm in Washington, our team works to identify, collect, and analyze data using procedures that ensure the data is admissible in a legal proceeding later, should that be necessary. Our forensic analysts investigate items such as:
- Emails
- Documents that are password-protected
- Files generated from computer operating systems (enhanced metafiles)
- Databases of user input and activity
- Recently opened, accessed, and deleted files
- Online activity, including Internet banking transactions
If you suspect you need a fraud examination, don’t wait until the auditors are knocking at your door. At Curnow & Curnow, our expert team of fraud examination experts is standing by to help you prevent further losses and stop fraud in your company.
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