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MSC Forensic Accounting Fraud - Financial Investigation & The Role of a Forensic Accountant Paul Senior Student ID: 14031395 January 2008 CONTENTS Page(s) 1. Introduction 3 2. Fraud 4 2.1. What is Fraud? 4 2.2. Fraud Activity 6 2.3. Fraud Investigation 7 3. Forensic Accounting Defined 8 3.1. What is Forensic Accounting 8 3.2. Why use a Forensic Accountant 10 4. A Forensic Accountants Role in Financial Crime Investigations 11 4.1. The Forensic Accountants role 11 4.2. Expert Witnessing 12 4.3. Selection of a Good Expert Witness 15 5. Conclusion 17 6. References and Bibliography 18 1. Introduction In recent years, the increase in economic crimes has been pretty dramatic. Major cases have been reported in the world's media and sadly, the results of these cases have been damaging to both well-known organisations and individuals. Such reports of financial crime have prompted companies to devote increasing attention and financial resources to the areas of fraud prevention and detection. This has also driven the impetus for the development and expansion of investigation services by financial experts. In the accounting profession, there is a particular area in which the...

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