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Forensic accounting is a combination of accounting and investigative techniques used to discover financial crimes. One of the key functions of forensic accounting is to explain the nature of a financial crime to the courts. Forensic accounting entails the use of tracing funds, asset identification, asset recovery, and due diligence reviews

Forensic accounting, forensic accountancy or financial forensics is the specialty practice area of accounting that investigates whether firms engage in financial reporting misconduct. Forensic accountants apply a range of skills and methods to determine whether there has been financial reporting misconduct.
Forensic accounting is a specialized field that combines accounting skills with investigative and fraud detection expertise. Forensic accountants examine financial information to identify and investigate evidence of financial crimes, such as fraud, embezzlement, and money laundering.

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Frank J. Wilson

Frank John Wilson (May 19, 1887 – June 22, 1970) was best known as the Chief of the United States Secret Service and a former agent of the Treasury Department's Bureau of Internal Revenue, later known as the Internal Revenue Service. Wilson most notably contributed in the prosecution of Chicago mobster Al Capone in 1931, and as a federal representative in the Lindbergh kidnapping case.

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