Fraud Examination Casebook with Documents

About the Authors

William H. Beecken teaches fraud examination courses at Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia, and taught fraud examination at Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) before it merged with Kennesaw State University. The final examination at SPSU required students to write a fraud examination course, prepare trial ready schedules and audio‐visuals, and then provide expert testimony before a real prosecutor and defense attorney in a court of law using the materials contained in this casebook. In addition, he mentored his SPSU students while they interned with the Cobb County District Attorney's Office, Marietta, Georgia.

Bill is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He has a B.A. from Sewanee: The University of the South and M.B.A. (Accounting Concentration) from Brenau University. Bill currently serves as the Director, Fraud Services, for Assurance Forensic Accounting (where he specializes in employee dishonesty, inventory theft, fraud, and divorce cases). A retired federal employee, he previously worked as an FDIC supervisory auditor and supervisory investigator, ATF senior forensic auditor, and SEC accountant/investigator. During his 27‐year federal career he trained seven times at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. His most notable cases were a 2,309 handgun racketeering case; 63‐count arson‐for‐profit, check kiting, bank‐mail‐wire fraud case; a $1.25 million contract fraud investigation of a Big 4 CPA firm, ...