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ACFE survey provides insights on fraud prevention and detection
September / October 2011
Newsletter: Valuation & Litigation Briefing / Litigation & Valuation Report
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 352
Abstract: The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) has expanded its biennial fraud survey to include fraud cases in over 100 nations. This brief article lists a few of its conclusions in regard to who’s committing fraud, how much it’s costing, and how to deter fraud perpetrators.
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The role of forensic skepticism in lost profits calculations
January / February 2011
Newsletter: Valuation & Litigation Briefing / Litigation & Valuation Report
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 352
Abstract: When financial experts analyze claims for lost profits or other business damages, it’s important that they look behind the numbers for signs that they might have been manipulated or falsified. This article uses a fictitious example to show how this “forensic skepticism” is part of what makes forensic accounting and damages analysis an art as well as a science.
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Valuation interviews help tell the whole story
November / December 2010
Newsletter: Valuation & Litigation Briefing / Litigation & Valuation Report
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 352
Abstract: Interviewing a company’s management team is a critical component of the valuation process. But a client’s CEO or other top executive may resist these interviews because of time constraints, confidentiality concerns, or fear of alerting employees to a major event, such as a sale or bankruptcy. Nevertheless, such interviews are important — this article explains why.
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Expand your markets with barter
Winter 2009
Newsletter: Management & Tax Concepts
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 352
Abstract: Barter — the exchange of goods and services without an exchange of money — is big business. How big? Barter transactions generated over $10 billion in revenue in 2007, according to the International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA). This brief article explains how the barter process works and how to find a trade exchange that may work for you.
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Failure to obtain valuation undermines fraud claim
Fall 2008
Newsletter: Expert / Valuation & Litigation Concepts
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 352
Abstract: This short article summarizes fraud case Lusins v. Cohen and explains why the decision reinforces the idea that buy-sell agreements must be independently appraised.