Regardless of your political persuasion or who you believe, one lesson learned from the recent Senate confirmation hearing is that sexual assault victims must report the crime to law enforcement quickly. Based on experience of working sexual assault cases, evidence of such crimes can come down to only a few witnesses or pieces of evidence. The longer victims wait to report the crime witness memories can change or fade and critical corroborative evidence can be lost forever. The longer victims ...
Famous Tax Evasion and Tax Fraud Cases and How to Avoid Becoming One of Them
Benjamin Franklin said, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Despite this truth, people keep trying to avoid them both. Unfortunately, many people resort to illegal means to avoid the inevitability of taxes. Remember these famous cases? Al Capone - While he couldn’t be pinned down for any of his violent criminal activity, income tax evasion was how this organized crime boss was put behind bars. In 1931 he was sentenced and served 6.5 years. Pete ...
Protect Yourself and Your Business from Theft
When most people hear the word “theft” the first image that comes to mind is a burglar sneaking into your home to steal your valuables. But theft comes in many forms. What kinds of theft are there and how can you protect yourself? Embezzlement When a person who was entrusted with money or property steals what they were entrusted with, that is called embezzlement. Small businesses are often a target of embezzlement because there aren’t enough employees to provide checks and balances. The ...
What South Carolinians Should Know About Human Trafficking
Most Americans, when they hear the phrase “human trafficking,” think of captured women and children in a third world country. In reality, human trafficking is common right here in the United States and even in South Carolina. Since 2007, there have been 1,330 reports of human trafficking and 308 cases in South Carolina alone. The actual number of victims is much higher. What is human trafficking? Human trafficking may also be referred to as human smuggling, trafficking in persons, or modern ...
Workplace Violence – All Too Common
By Chris J. Quick, Managing Member/CEO at Quick Group - Forensic Accounting and Financial Investigations It’s becoming all too common - another workplace shooting. The latest, on June 30, 2017, in New York City. As reported in the New York Times and various other news outlets, a disgruntled doctor armed with a AR-15 rifle and wearing a lab coat went on a rampage in a Bronx hospital where he had worked, killing another doctor and wounding six others, five of them seriously, before setting ...
Forensic Accounting and the Many Faces of Business Fraud
Business owners are hard workers who handle massive amounts of day-to-day work. They also bear the responsibility for making smart relationship decisions such as hiring and firing employees and deciding where to bank. Each of these business relationship decisions can strengthen the business or can expose it to potential fraud. What exactly is fraud? Fraud is any act of deception that is used to create a financial gain. This basic concept of fraud manifests itself in a variety of relationships ...