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Preventing Fraud in Cash-Intensive Businesses

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. In today’s age of technology, most sales transactions involve an electronic or paper check payment.  However, there still are numerous businesses… Read more »

Dealing with and Preventing Fraud When Trusted Employees Go Bad – Part 3

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. In Parts 1 and 2 of this three-part series, forensic accounting expert David Anderson of David Anderson & Associates, a Certified… Read more »

Dealing with and Preventing Fraud When Trusted Employees Go Bad – Part 2

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Last week, in the first segment of a three-part series, forensic accounting expert David Anderson of David Anderson & Associates, Certified… Read more »

Dealing with and Preventing Fraud When Trusted Employees Go Bad – Part 1

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Fraud is most often committed by employees who have decided to take advantage of their trusted status. They are usually able… Read more »

Keep an Eye Out for Questionable Expense Deductions on Meals and Entertainment

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. In forensic accounting cases involving marital dissolution or disputes between shareholders or businesses, one of the most-often-abused financial categories – says… Read more »

Forensic Accounting Tips to Help Reduce Expense Reimbursement Fraud

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. Corporations and organizations of all sizes face myriad threats to their financial stability; however, one of the… Read more »

Don’t Try Hiding Cash Transactions; Forensic Accountants Will Find Them

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, fraud deterrence, litigation support and expert witness testimony services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. There are several reasons why the owner or principal of a business – typically a retail business –… Read more »

Combat Fraudsters by Regularly Reviewing Your Organization’s Financial Statements

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. It’s good common sense – and even better financial sense – to review on a regular basis the financial statements… Read more »

Fight Fraud by Staying Current on Your Company’s Bank Reconciliations

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. One of the most effective ways for a business to help prevent fraud is, according to one of the top… Read more »

Forensic Accountants Can Bring Value in Termination, Discrimination Cases

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. Among the many duties a forensic accountant may be asked to undertake in a typical work cycle is calculating damages… Read more »

Charities and Non-Profits Might Be More Exposed to Fraud

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. While charitable and non-profit organizations focus on serving the general good, they’re quite often themselves the focus of fraudsters who target… Read more »

Using “The Fraud Triangle” To Help Stave Off Nefarious Employees

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, fraud deterrence, litigation support and expert witness testimony services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. There are myriad ways employees can defraud their companies, but there’s one easy approach that can help keep… Read more »

“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 »