Forensic Accounting

The book I read to research this post was Forensic Accounting & Fraud Investigation For NonExperts by Howard Silverstone which is a very good book which I bought from kindle. I think this book is intended as a broad introduction to these subject & if you are hoping to learn how to do Forensic Accounting it's probably the wrong book. There is a lot of examples of actual cases which are quite interesting. If someone is committing business fraud it will normally take the form of one of 2 things either ghost employees or faked expenses. Ghost employees are employees are employees who have left a company and it's made look like they are still being payed and the money is pocketed. Fraud is frequently for huge amounts of money over a long period of time which can run into millions of dollars or whatever currency is used. Often cases aren't prosecuted and the true extent of fraud is unknown. We know that the cases that come to light are the tip of the iceberg. Often companies keep quiet about it to avoid adverse publicity. In many companies the boss has a free hand when it comes to expenses and finance and it's all too easy to be tempted by fraud.