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“Tricks of the Trade:” Look to The Numbers for Clues to Fraud

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including fraud investigation, fraud deterrence, business valuation, and marital dissolution in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. This is the final blog in a series of four posts that will examine the so-called… Read more »

“Tricks of the Trade:” Use Times and Dates to Catch Fraudsters

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including fraud investigation, fraud deterrence, business valuation, and marital dissolution in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. This blog is the third in a series of four posts that will examine the so-called… Read more »

“Tricks of the Trade:” Fight Fraud with Names, Addresses, Phone Numbers

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including fraud investigation, fraud deterrence, business valuation, and marital dissolution in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. This blog is the second in a series of four posts that will examine the so-called… Read more »

“Tricks of the Trade:” Benford’s Law Can Help Root Out Fraud

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including fraud investigation, fraud deterrence, business valuation, and marital dissolution in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley.  This blog is the first in a series of four posts that will examine the so-called… Read more »

New Supreme Court Ruling Affects Internet, Other Remote Sellers

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including business valuation, fraud investigation, marital dissolution, and fraud deterrence programs in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Prior to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month in South Dakota v. Wayfair, most… Read more »

Don’t Let Fraud Take the Fun Out of Your Summer Vacation

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, fraud deterrence programs and forensic accounting services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Another summer of fun and vacation is underway. Those employees with vacation homes at the shore or in the mountains… Read more »

David Anderson Article Featured on Collaborative Law Website

A recent article from David Anderson, principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides marital dissolution and business valuation services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley, was posted last week as the feature article on the Collaborative Law Professionals of Southeastern Pennsylvania website. The article by Anderson – entitled “Key… Read more »

How Differing Standards and Premises of Value Can Affect the Valuation of a Business

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including business valuation, fraud investigation, and fraud deterrence programs in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Can a business be simultaneously worth $10 million, $60 million, $72 million, and $100 million?  It can… Read more »

Tips for Fighting Non-Digital Identity Theft

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including fraud deterrence, business valuation, and fraud investigation in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. When most people hear the words “Identity Theft,” they think about spam and/or phishing e-mails, malware and computer… Read more »

Close the Door on Business Fraud Before Your Money Has Disappeared

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including fraud deterrence, business valuation, and fraud investigation in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley.  “Don’t shut the stable door after the horse has bolted.” This idiom can be traced to the 1390… Read more »

Two Valuation Issues to Consider Regarding Privately Held Businesses

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including business valuation, fraud investigation, and fraud deterrence programs in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Under what conditions does $4 million divided by four NOT equal $1 million? When you are a… Read more »

Report on Fraud 2018, Part Five: You’ve Been Defrauded, Now What?

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, fraud deterrence programs, and forensic accounting services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. This blog – the last in a series of five articles by forensic accounting expert David Anderson of David Anderson… Read more »

Focus on Fraud in 2018, Part Four: Corralling Corruption

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, fraud deterrence programs, and forensic accounting services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. This blog – the fourth of a five-part series by forensic accounting expert David Anderson of David Anderson & Associates,… Read more »