Understand the characteristics of a fraudster, the cost of fraud to your business, and how to detect and hopefully prevent it from happening.
What are the mechanisms used by perpetrators to defraud their companies? What we've found is that even with the move toward digital payments and technology-based businesses, the means fraudsters use stand the test of time. This topic will help you understand the characteristics of a fraudster, what are the typical fraud schemes being used, how long the schemes last, the cost of fraud to your business, and how to detect and hopefully prevent it from happening.
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Faculty
Michael J. Stevenson, CPA, CFE, CFF, ABV
Blue & Co., LLC
- Head of Business Valuation and Forensic Accounting at Blue & Co., LLC
- Concentrates time performing litigation advisory services, forensic accounting, and expert witness testimony for matters related to business valuations, damages, lost profits, contract disputes, marital dissolution, quality of earnings analysis, and related matters
- Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified in Financial Forensics, and Accredited in Business Valuation, with over 30 years of experience and responsibilities in financial and corporate management, primarily in the retail industry
- Has experience in many industries including, but not limited to, retail, food service, distribution, financial services, construction, health care, manufacturing, franchises, insurance, transportation, and e-commerce
- Licenses, memberships, and leadership positions in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants, and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and National Kidney Foundation Board of Directors – Regional President, National Board Member
- Master’s degree in accounting, The Ohio State University; B.S.B.A. degree with a concentration in finance, The Ohio State University
Robert W. Evans, CPA/ABV, CFF, CGMA, CDFA
Blue & Co., LLC
- Senior manager in Blue & Co. LLC’s Business Valuation and Consulting Group
- Concentrates time in business valuation, mergers and acquisitions, forensic accounting, economic damages and litigation support services
- Has business valuation experience in more than 100 engagements, including manufacturing, distribution, franchising, retail, restaurant and many professional services
- Valuations have been used for many different purposes, including estate and gift taxation, partner buy-ins and exits, marital dissolution, shareholder disputes, economic damage and other matters
- Has forensic accounting experience in dozens of matters including records reconstruction, asset tracing and discovery, lost profits, malpractice and malfeasance
- Certified Public Accountant, State of Ohio; Certified Public Accountant, State of California; Accredited in Business Valuations, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 2014 to present; Certified in Financial Forensics, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 2014 to present; Chartered Global Management Accountant, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 2014 to present; Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, The Institute of Divorce Financial Analysts, 2018 to present
- B.S.B.A. degree in accounting, Baldwin Wallace University
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