Learning concepts does not always prepare you for real-world application, and this is particularly true in fraud examination. Typically, graduates had to cut their teeth as auditors, claims adjusters, forensic accountants, and investigators before entering the field—but now that has changed. Based on the hands-on training approach used to prepare federal special agents, the Fraud Examination Casebook with Documents provides the only complete development program for gaining the working knowledge of simple fraud cases needed to get on the fast track to a career as a fraud examiner.

Thorough enough for students seeking real- world experience, with a depth of sophistication new CPAs, investigators, and attorneys look for to advance their skillset, this single resource enables you to confidently and effectively produce a written report, schedules, and clarifying audio-visuals capable of withstanding attorney examination and cross-examination in depositions, hearings, and trials. Each of the five cases begins with a fraud scenario, and it is up to you to connect the dots through more than 100 pages of accounting documentation and witness interviews. As in real life, you may not get all the information you would like. Working these specially designed cases trains you to become adept at the skills and instinctual responses experienced examiners depend on every day to uncover fraud in all its forms. Fraud examinations quickly become second nature with:

• Concise instructional narratives with actionable guidance on such practical tasks as examining canceled checks, probing edits to digital information, and otherwise spreading and analyzing mountains of data and documentation
• State-of-the-art coverage on performing horizontal and vertical analysis, decoding debit card transactions, using simple data analytics, and more
• Ready-to-use spreadsheet templates for conducting the investigations inside, downloadable from a companion website

With Fraud Examination Casebook with Documents, it doesn’t get any more real until you get paid to do it.