- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2nd Edition edition (14 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0471784877
- ISBN-13: 978-0471784876
- Product Dimensions: 16.4 x 2.4 x 22.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 462,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Whether you are a senior executive, a middle manager, an investigator, or a small business owner, Forensic Accounting provides what you need to know to ensure that your organization is not brought to its knees by a criminal in the accounting department." (Security Management; 10/2007)
"Even experienced financial fraud examiners will find this book handy for helping prevent and reduce losses from fraud." (Journal of Accountancy, January 2007)
"Even experienced financial fraud examiners will find this book handy for helping prevent and reduce losses from fraud." (Journal of Accountancy, January 2007)
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A must–have reference for every business professional, Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation for Non–Experts, Second Edition is a necessary tool for those interested in understanding how financial fraud occurs and what to do when you find or suspect it within your organization. With comprehensive coverage, it provides insightful advice on where an organization is most susceptible to fraud.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I got this as it was the recommended text for a module on fraud risk management that I did at university. It is well written and very easy to read. It is not as academic as most other textbooks so it is hard to use as a source in academic writing although this is due to the fact that fraud is a subject on which little has been written so this is a fault of the subject area rather than this book. It has a slight American bias as the examples are more about the likes of Enron and Worldcom rather than Barings and Robert Maxwell, however it is still relevant to the British perspective (I think one of the authors is British but works in America). Given that many other books on fraud are either useless or incredibly expensive (often hundreds of Pounds), this is a very good book to both the layman and fraud students. Particularly good are the sections on categorising fraud and giving examples on how fraudsters perpetrate fraud. Hardly a rollicking good read but if you need to raise your awareness of fraud you won't go far wrong starting here.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am a non-finance graduate seeking to start a career in forensic accounting and this book has been invaluable. The contents are easy to read and clear to understand providing insights into all areas from theory to techniques. The section on the role of the forensic accountant has been especially helpful to me when applying for jobs and will no doubt help at interview. I cannot recommend it enough.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Great for non-accounting professional!
29 Oct 2006
Format:Hardcover
Howard Silverstone has performed well in describing clearly the major accounting cycles and the control points that need to be focused to reduce the possibility of fraud.
Interesting statistics on the characteristics of fraudsters are provided and methodologies used by forensic accountant and lawyers to build their case.
This book is great for non accounting professionals to have an insight on accounting environments but this book does not provide much value for experienced accounting professionals except if they were interested in how their counterpart in forensic accounting perform.
Interesting statistics on the characteristics of fraudsters are provided and methodologies used by forensic accountant and lawyers to build their case.
This book is great for non accounting professionals to have an insight on accounting environments but this book does not provide much value for experienced accounting professionals except if they were interested in how their counterpart in forensic accounting perform.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Great intro for non-accounting professionals
1 Oct 2007
Format:Hardcover
No company can thrive without trusted employees, but some die because they trusted employees too much, allowing them to use their positions for illicit gain. The lesson: Trust but verify via accounting controls. Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation for Non-Experts offers an effective primer on how financial fraud occurs, demonstrating the critical need for accounting controls. More important, the book lays out the fundamentals of forensic accounting and the fraud investigation process.
The book is an easy read, organized into two sections. Part 1 provides an overview of forensic accounting, illustrating the prevalence of accounting fraud across sectors, and in companies of all sizes. The authors offer real-world examples of trusted employees who betrayed that trust. In many cases, their employers never recovered from the fraud these bad actors perpetrated. This section may leave the reader suspicious of everyone in his or her company's accounting department, which might not be a bad thing, at least initially.
Part 2 constitutes the bulk of the book, which details how to investigate accounting improprieties. All of the required steps are detailed, from the investigative process and interviewing of witnesses to documentation, analysis tools, and more.
Whether you are a senior executive, a middle manager, an investigator, or a small business owner, Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation for Non-Experts provides what you need to know to ensure that your organization is not brought to its knees by a criminal in the accounting department.
The book is an easy read, organized into two sections. Part 1 provides an overview of forensic accounting, illustrating the prevalence of accounting fraud across sectors, and in companies of all sizes. The authors offer real-world examples of trusted employees who betrayed that trust. In many cases, their employers never recovered from the fraud these bad actors perpetrated. This section may leave the reader suspicious of everyone in his or her company's accounting department, which might not be a bad thing, at least initially.
Part 2 constitutes the bulk of the book, which details how to investigate accounting improprieties. All of the required steps are detailed, from the investigative process and interviewing of witnesses to documentation, analysis tools, and more.
Whether you are a senior executive, a middle manager, an investigator, or a small business owner, Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation for Non-Experts provides what you need to know to ensure that your organization is not brought to its knees by a criminal in the accounting department.
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