Chapter 40. Accounting Systems and Financial Software
Information in this chapter:
• Accounting and money management programs
• Personal money management software
• Business accounting software
• Getting the evidence
• Types of evidence from financial software
• Batch files as evidence
• Other sources of financial evidence
You have probably heard the term, “follow the money.” This is true in all kinds of cases, from domestic disputes to Ponzi schemes and murder cases. Since so many people and businesses manage their money electronically today, there is a wealth of potential electronic evidence available residing anywhere from the Internet cache on a computer, to an e-mail attachment, inside an accounting program database, and even on a person’s phone. ...
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