“Where is the money? How did it happen? What were the damages? Can we take legal action?” With the incidents of fraudulent activities and dubious financial schemes on the rise, there is increasing demand for professionals skilled in these areas. Forensic Accounting and Financial Fraud has been developed specifically to equip accountants, attorneys, and financial managers with the investigative skills they need to uncover financial fraud.

Course Objective:

Gain the investigative skills you need to uncover financial fraud, to measure the resulting damages, and to provide litigation support to corporate and outside counsel.

About This Course:

As one course among many offered in the American Management Association's curriculum, Forensic Accounting and Financial Fraud has been designed specifically for the practicing manager and the future manager. It provides private, self-paced, individualized study; learning and self-evaluation through  in-text exercises.

Wayne G. Bremser, C.P.A., Ph.D., is Professor of Accountancy at Villanova University. His articles have appeared in numerous accounting and business journals, and he has led seminars and made presentations at many professional meetings. Professor Bremser does financial and educational consulting, including the designing of control systems. He has also written several financial self-study courses for the American Management Association, including How to Plan and Manage Your Company Budget, Fourth Edition; Keeping Score: The Basics of Accounting for Managers; Fundamentals of Budgeting for Nonfinancial Managers; and How to Manage Working Capital. Bremser is a director of  Accountants for the Public Interest in Washington, D.C.

The publisher wishes to thank the following people for their help in reviewing the manuscript of this course: Professor Larry Crumbley, Texas A&M University; John W. Beveridge, Greater Boston Area Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners; and Professor Edward L. Summers, University of Texas at Austin.