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Fraud Investigation: Best Practices

FRAUD INVESTIGATION: BEST PRACTICES

Cost Free
Presentation Length 1.0 hour

Recorded DateFebruary 16, 2021
CPE:Not available
(archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)
Subject AreaAuditing
Course LevelBasic
Course Description

In this session, Jeff George from Baker Tilly and Tod McDonald from Valid8 will provide the best practice procedures used in high-profile fraud investigations. Jeff and Tod will use examples from cases they've both worked on in the past to highlight tools and procedures that help professionals avoid pitfalls, accelerate the next steps, deliver superior analysis, and develop compelling case narratives.

Learning Objectives:


  • Recognize the steps for developing a transaction database of evidence

  • Determine ways to identify fraudulent transfers and preference payments

  • Identify methods for tracing funds through accounts and legal entities

  • Recall techniques for finding undisclosed assets

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Jeff George appreciates finding and telling the story behind the numbers in complex claims and cases.

 An accomplished forensic accountant and expert witness, Jeff specializes in forensic investigations and calculating economic damages in commercial litigation. He has testified and been retained in various cases, including Partnership Disputes, Breach of Contract, Theft of Trade Secrets, Los Profits and Business interruption, personal injury, and wrongful termination and employment matters.

Jeff has investigated various cases involving fraud, including employee dishonesty, embezzlement, Ponzi schemes, EB5, and other fidelity matters. In some of his engagements, he has worked with federal equity receivers, the SEC, and the FTC.

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Tod McDonald, CPA, CIRA, is the co-founder of Valid8 Financial. Early in his career, Tod was an auditor with Ernst & Young and has spent decades navigating complex financial situations, including leading an investigation that unraveled a $200 million real estate investment Ponzi scheme in Washington State. Motivated by this experience, he co-founded Valid8 Financial to build a Verified Financial Intelligence solution to expedite data prep, eliminate sample risk and improve the speed and quality of rendering a professional opinion on complex financial cases.

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Valid8
Valid8, the global leader in Verified Financial Intelligence (VFI), uses the latest in AI and automation technology to rapidly parse, reconcile, and categorize financial data from numerous sources, including bank and brokerage statements, Bitcoin deposits and withdrawals, and even hand-written checks. Valid8 helps eliminate investigative risk, address staffing challenges, and improve the speed and quality of rendering a professional opinion.