num_pages: 362
description: Investigating WhiteCollar Crime explains two basic questions every investigator must answer when beginning a financial What am I trying to prove? and How am I going to prove it This book examines the criminal elements unique to embezzlement and fraud that often confound investigators, whose lack of expertise in accounting and auditing makes it difficult for them to prove the offenses. Chapters are included on criminological theory and the law related to whitecollar crime, embezzlement, fraud, identity theft, accounting and auditing theory for investigators, financial interviewing and interrogation techniques, subpoenas and search warrants, evidence and documentation, proving illicit transactions, and case preparation and report writing. The author examines these issues from the practical view of a whitecollar crimes investigator who helps police investigators gain a better understanding in detecting, investigating and preventing whitecollar crime. Information is also contained on recent highlypublicized cases and explains how the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the SarbanesOxley Act of 2002 can benefit investigators who work such cases. With interest in the newest whitecollar crime on the rise, the author has included a new chapter dedicated to identity theft. Additionally, the book contains new ratio analysis tools and explains how to use Benford's Law to discover fraudulent receipts.
language: English
title: Investigating White-Collar Crime: Embezzlement And Financial Fraud
titlecomplete: Investigating White-Collar Crime: Embezzlement And Financial Fraud
publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd