- Introduction to Forensic and Investigative Accounting

Adversary - a person, group, etc., that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy. allegation - An assertion that someone has done something wrong, often without proof: Bootlegger - someone who makes or sells illegal liquor Committee on Sponsoring Organization (COSO) or Treadway Commission - Formed in 1985, is dedicated to providing thought leadership through the development of comprehensive frameworks and guidance on enterprise risk management, internal controls, and fraud in private organizations. Conspiracy - a secret plan made by two or more people to do something that is harmful or illegal eavesdrop - secretly listen to a conversation. she opened the window just enough to eavesdrop on the conversation outside" empire - a large and powerful enterprise controlled by one person, family, or group: a shipping empire. Explicit - Fully and clearly expressed; leaving nothing implied: explicit approval. ferret - To uncover and bring to light by searching. Forensic Accounting - 1)the use of accounting for legal purposes. 2)the action of identifying, recording, settling, extracting, sorting, reporting, and verifying past financial data or other accounting activities for settling current or prospective legal disputes or using such past financial data for projecting future financial data to settle legal disputes.