Financial Forensics Body of Knowledge, + Website

Thedefinitive,must-haveguidefortheforensicaccountingprofessionalFinancialForensicsBodyofKnowledgeistheunique,innovative,anddefinitiveguideandtechnicalreferenceworkforthefinancialforensicsand/orforensicaccountingprofessional,includingnearly300forensictools,techniques,methodsandmethodologiesapplytovirtuallyallcivil,criminalanddisputematters.Manyofthetoolshaveneverbeforebeenpublished.Itdefinestheprofession:"TheArt&ScienceofInvestigatingPeople&Money."ItdefinesForensicOperators:"financialforensics-capablepersonnelpossessuniqueandspecificskills,knowledge,experience,education,training,andintegritytofunctioninthefinancialforensicsdiscipline."Itdefineswhy:"Ifyouunderstandfinancialforensicsyouunderstandfraud,butnotviceversa"byapplyingfinancialforensicstoallaspectsofthefinancialcommunity.Itcontainsabook-within-a-bookCompanionSectionforfinancialvaluationandlitigationspecialists.Itdefinesfoundationalfinancialforensics/forensicaccountingmethodologies:FAIM,ForensicAccountingInvestigationMethodology,ICE/SCORE,CICO,APD,forensiclexicology,andothers.ItcontainsaReaderLookupTablethatpermitseveryoneinthefinancialcommunitytoimmediatelyfocusonthepertinentissues.Thisworkistheonlyfinancialforensics/forensicaccountingmethodologyalsopublishedbytheUnitedStatesDepartmentofJustice.ItredefinesthestandardforalldimensionsofthefinancialforensicsandforensicaccountingprofessionandiswrittentoaddresstheentirefinancialcommunitycomprisedofOriginators(CFOs,controllers,accountants,analysts,etc.),Users(auditors,valuators,attorneys,judges,lenders,investors,internalauditors,consumers,bankers,professors,boardmembers,executives,journalists,etc.),andRegulators(civil,includingIRS,IMF,SEC,;andcriminal,includingFBIandstateandlocallawenforcement;Interpol,counterterrorismandmilitary.FinancialForensicsBodyofKnowledgeis:*Theonlycodifiedfinancialforensics/forensicaccountingmethodologyknowntoexist;*Theonlycodifiedmethodologycomprisingcivil,criminal,anddisputemethodologieswithinthesameframework;*TheonlycodifiedmethodologysupportedbyoptionalInternet-basedsoftwarethatcontinuallyupdatescontentwithnewlydiscoveredanddevelopedforensictools,techniques,methodsandmethodologies,andactualreports;*Theonlycodifiedmethodologytocontainactualreportcontent(BLINDED)formanydifferentforensicmatters,includingalterego,damages,fraud,fraudulenttransfer,maritaldissolution,valuation,etc.;*TheonlycodifiedmethodologytocontainacomprehensiveForensicInventoryoftools,techniques,methodsandmethodologies;*Theonlycodifiedmethodologytoaddressvirtuallyeverytypeofentity,i.e.privately-held,publicly-held,governmental,charitable,NPO,NGO,etc.;*TheonlycodifiedmethodologyapplicabletotheUSandglobalfinancialcommunity;*Theonlycodifiedmethodologythatcomprisesanembeddedtrainingtoolforbeginning,intermediateandadvancedfinancialprofessionals;*Theonlycodifiedmethodologysuitableforimmediateadoptionasfirm-wideandagency-widebestpracticestechnicalandtrainingstandards.Thegreatmajorityofthecontenthasnotbeenpreviouslyassembledandpublished,andduplicationofotherpublicationshasbeenpurposelyavoidedtopreventredundancy.Thetwoprincipalauthorshavetrainedliterallythousandswithinthefinancialcommunityinvariousaspectsofthecontentduringthelastseveralyears.Theattendeeshaveincludedvirtuallyallentitytypes,includingfederal,stateandlocalgovernmentandlawenforcement,e.g.SEC,FBI.Thefeedbackhasbeenuniversallypositiveandpromptedtheconstructionofthisbook.Thecontributingauthorsincludepublicandprivatepractice,attorneys,academics,lawenforcement,andpublicly-heldandprivately-heldfinancialprofessionals.Theyarepractitionersfirstandforemostandheavilyexperiencedininstructionalsettings.,