In this episode, Leah is joined by Tracy Coenen CPA, CFF, MAFF and Mary Breslin, CFE, CIA who discuss cases involving criminal defense.
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In this episode, Leah is joined by Brian Willingham, PI, CFE and Clay Glasgow, CPA/CFF/ABV, CFE who discuss cases involving embezzlement through financial statement fraud.
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In this episode, Leah is joined by Chris Ekimoff, CPA/CFF, CFE and Jessica Yohe, CPA, CFE who discuss cases involving criminal defense.
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This summer while at the ACFE Global Fraud Conference several speakers and friends of the podcast got together to play an escape room. Before and after the escape room adventure, Leah found herself engrossed in stories from investigators around the US and didn’t want the conversation to end. It was these valuable conversations that inspired the format for the next 6 episodes of the podcast. For the remainder of 2022, Leah is joined by investigators to share case stories from investigations worked in a variety of areas.
In this episode, Leah is joined by Tracy Coenen CPA, CFF, MAFF and Mary Breslin, CFE, CIA who discuss cases involving embezzlement from businesses.
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This summer while at the ACFE Global Fraud Conference several speakers and friends of the podcast got together to play an escape room. Before and after the escape room adventure, Leah found herself engrossed in stories from investigators around the US and didn’t want the conversation to end. It was these valuable conversations that inspired the format for the next 6 episodes of the podcast. For the remainder of 2022, Leah is joined by investigators to share case stories from investigations worked in a variety of areas.
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Forensic accounting services are a necessary and valuable part of a divorce case - especially when it comes to property settlements. However, many divorce matters need a forensic accounting expert but cannot afford one. Tracy Coenen has been working with clients of divorce matters for over 20 years to find hidden assets and uncover understated income. Now, she is taking her expertise and experience to the next level and making it available to the general public in the Divorce Money Guide. Divorce Money Guide provides the exact action steps to uncover hidden financial fraud in a divorce matter. It’s designed to offer clients peace of mind and detailed instruction of everything they need to figure out what's rightfully theirs.
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Nursing home abuse and neglect is a real problem - especially for several states. In this episode of The Investigation Game Podcast, Nic Decker, PI explains the evidence and investigation steps he takes while investigating cases involving nursing home abuse and neglect.
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Missing persons investigations are just one of Private Investigator Krista Pavey's, a.k.a. SpyGirl, specialties. In this episode of The Investigation Game Podcast, Krista shares her story of becoming a private investigator, the “why” behind her focus on missing persons cases, and investigation best practices and applications.
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A common question for forensic accounting experts is, “How do I break into this industry and become a forensic accountant?” In this week’s episode, Leah interviews Hayden Lewellen, a forensic accountant who started this career path with an FBI internship and a public accounting internship. Learn more about his journey and advice to others seeking guidance to join this fascinating career.
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In 2022, is there any investigation that will not benefit from digital evidence collection? Our guest this week, Robert Fried, is a digital forensics expert who discusses the answer to this question with Leah in addition to other digital evidence collection questions.
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As a continuation to data processing and comparative analysis, Rachel and Leah discuss more of the analyses and tools used to help clients find the needle in the data haystack. In this episode, they discuss:
Source and Use Summary Analysis
Interesting Data Findings Analysis
Risk Indicator Analysis
After the case plan is approved by a client, the financial investigator must then get to work processing and analyzing the financial data. Leah and Rachel begin by discussing how to process both standard and non-standard data in financial/fraud investigations for data analysis. Then, they discuss in detail the first of several Data Sleuth® analysis types: Comparative Analysis.
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Any investigative process carries the inherent risk that you’ll spend limited resources chasing the wrong information. Leah and Rachel discuss how risk-based analysis helps the Data Sleuth® investigator navigate this risk by narrowing focus and aligning efforts with investigation priorities. They also touch on some practical tools you can start using in your current casework.
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Any investigative process carries the inherent risk that you’ll spend limited resources chasing the wrong information. Leah and Rachel discuss how risk-based analysis helps the Data Sleuth® investigator navigate this risk by narrowing focus and aligning efforts with investigation priorities. They also touch on some practical tools you can start using in your current casework.
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In this week's episode of The Investigation Game Podcast, Leah and Megan discuss how a forensic accountant can help in divorce matters. Plus, they address common misconceptions around what sources a forensic accountant can use to find assets and what assets are quantifiable as marital property.
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On this week's episode of The Investigation Game Podcast Leah talks to Megan Brown, PI, CPA. Leah and Megan discuss the top three misconceptions of financial investigations and forensic accounting. Learn if law enforcement will arrest the subject immediately, if clients will recover the stolen money entirely, and how long it actually takes for a financial investigation to be completed.
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Learn how Workman Forensics honed client management processes on this week's episode of The Investigation Game Podcast. Leah talks to Megan Brown, PI, CPA, about all things Client-related—from communication to case planning.
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The Investigation Game is back! In this episode, Leah talks with Retired DEA Special Agents Steve Murphy and Javier Pena, whose real-life story inspired the hit Netflix series NARCOS.
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On this week's episode, Javier Leiva discusses a side of investigations we have not visited much in the past, the side of the pretender. Javier explains how his podcast started off as a simple discussion of people pretending to be someone else but quickly turned into a true crime podcast.
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