Spend a morning with attorneys and forensic accountants networking and then learning how to protect your business and clients’ businesses from financial fraud. This event is hosted by the NJCPA and the New Jersey State Bar Association.
DESIGNED FOR
All public accountants and finance professionals
BENEFITS
Expand your network of local attorneys and learn what measures to put in place to protect your company and your clients from financial fraud.
HIGHLIGHTS
From 8-9 a.m., join us for breakfast and network with local attorneys and peers. The seminar will follow from 9-11 a.m.
Last year, amid sweeping financial fraud in New Jersey, residents lost $251.7 million. While we often think of high-profile cases when we think of financial fraud (Bernie Madoff, for example), small and mid-sized businesses are frequent targets of white-collar crime, too.
Topics to be discussed include:
- If a client comes to you and suspects that they are a victim of fraud, what should you do?
- What legal issues should accountants be aware of that will help them optimize their investigation and report?
- When a criminal investigation involving a financial crime goes overt, what steps should an accountant take to protect himself/herself as well as the client?
- What are the legal issues of which accountants should be aware that will help them optimize their investigation and report?
- What do attorneys want accountants to know about being an expert witness that will help their cases?
- What do expert accountants want attorneys to know and what kinds of questions should they ask to ensure a successful litigation?
- Innovative cost-saving measures that will allow attorneys to engage experts early without incurring outsized expenses
- Loss calculations are the driving force of any financial fraud: what can attorneys and accountants do to best position their clients?
- Have a client selling a business? Beware of what dangers may lurk in the shadows.
- Answers to your questions
COURSE LEVEL
Basic
PREREQUISITES
None
ADVANCE PREPARATION
None