Senior citizens often fall victim to elder financial abuse, even at the hands of their closest relatives, but accountants can help protect them.

Allen Weisselberg admitted to falsely testifying about his role in the valuation of assets the state proved at trial had been inflated for years to get favorable terms on loans.

Companies lose an estimated 5% of their revenue each year due to fraud, according to a report from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Mike Lynch's Autonomy Corp. used a number of accounting tricks to make its revenue growth appear better than it was, say prosectors.

Scale of the crime; a favorite client; with a bullet; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Paul Pereira denied making false and misleading statements about his company's performance to boost its stock.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is proposing a new rule to prevent auditing firms from making false or misleading statements about being registered or overseen by the PCAOB.

Data shows that people lost at least $1.56 billion in 2023 from cryptocurrency-related fraud schemes.

One high point of the trial was the testimony of Oliver North, who said that in 2019 he pushed for an outside audit of the NRA's finances but longtime leader Wayne LaPierre refused.

Generative AI, which is already playing an outsized role in fraud, is also expected to play an equally large role in efforts to fight fraud.

The AICPA's professional liability insurer will cover client services related to the Corporate Transparency Act's beneficial ownership information reporting requirement.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board is proposing to toughen its rules for requiring auditors to look for signs of fraud in a client's financial statements.

The judge must decide if Trump intentionally inflated his annual financial statements by billions of dollars a year.

The agency plans to restrict access to a system that provides borrower tax returns to mortgage lenders beginning June 30. Left out of the loop, small-business lenders say getting credit to borrowers will become more difficult as a result.

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners has joined a collective effort of organizations including the Center for Audit Quality, Financial Executives International, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the National Association of Corporate Directors.

More and more fraudsters are impersonating the IRS, so taxpayers need to know how to tell the difference, and what to do if someone tries to scam them.

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Central to the case are the statements of financial condition Trump had his accountants at Mazars USA LLP send to lenders detailing his assets and their values.

Her answers, and the documents displayed to her on the stand, show she was deeply aware of the importance of his net worth in securing the best terms on loans.

Trump acknowledged he had a hand in preparing the financial statements that valued his properties.