• Artificial Intelligence

    Build Smarter Dashboards

    February 25, 2026

    Turning Raw Data into Real-Time Insights with ChatGPT This article explains how professionals can use ChatGPT to create custom dashboards from virtually any dataset—without needing advanced programming skills. It walks through how AI can assist with structuring raw data, identifying key performance indicators, generating visualizations, and even producing dashboard-ready code that you can view immediately. The piece highlights how AI reduces development time, improves insight discovery, and allows consultants and advisors to rapidly prototype and deploy decision-support tools for clients. A companion video resource demonstrates the full process step-by-step. Data is everywhere—but insight is not. Consultants, valuation professionals, and financial…

  • Financial Forensics - QuickRead Top Story

    AI Fraud Detection and Forensic Accounting

    January 7, 2026

    Embracing Innovation to Combat Financial Crime Fraud and financial crime have become increasingly complex and create pervasive issues for organizations of all sizes and specialties. As a result, advanced technology and AI have emerged as invaluable tools in the fight against such issues. This article focuses on how advances in AI and machine learning can aid forensic investigation procedures and further bring the detection of fraud and other financial crimes into the digital age. Introduction In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, fraud and financial crime have become increasingly complex and create pervasive issues for organizations of all sizes and specialties.…

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    Untangling the Fraud

    April 30, 2025

    Utilizing Data Analytics to Investigate Ponzi Schemes This article examines how data analytics combined with other forensic accounting tools can help investigators uncover how investors in both traditional and newer types of Ponzi schemes were victimized, and how data can be compiled to locate stolen assets and create an analytical report that aids regulators and in legal proceedings focused on recovering funds or determining investor losses. Introduction It is widely recognized that deceiving investors is the bread-and-butter of a Ponzi scheme.[1] However, the term “investors” often conjures images of Shark Tank or Wall Street, and this is far from the…

  • Financial Forensics - QuickRead Top Story

    Fidelity Claims Investigations

    June 17, 2024

    A Comprehensive Guide to Successful Claims Outcomes (Part I of II) Fidelity/crime/financial institution bonds, in a general sense, cover an insured from the willful theft of property, money, and securities by one of their employees or an outside third-party carried out through a variety of means. Such fraud can impact myriad industries. In this two-part article, the authors provide fundamental aspects of a fidelity investigation, from inception to recovery of stolen funds. Introduction: Understanding Fidelity Investigations Fidelity/crime/financial institution bonds, in a general sense, cover an insured from the willful theft of property, money, and securities by one of their employees…

  • Financial Forensics - QuickRead Top Story

    Detecting Fraud Using Emerging Technology

    January 17, 2024

    Do Not Be Afraid to Innovate This article focuses on how advances in AI and machine learning can aid forensic investigations procedures and further bring the detection of fraud and other financial crimes into the digital age. Introduction In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, fraud and financial crime have become an increasingly complex and pervasive issue for organizations, big and small, global, and domestic. Fortunately, advanced technology and artificial intelligence (AI) have emerged as invaluable tools in the fight against malfeasance. By leveraging sophisticated algorithms, data analytics, and machine learning capabilities, combined with traditional forensic accounting principles, these technological advancements…

  • QuickRead Top Story - Valuation/Appraisal

    Valuation Guidelines for Mineral and Renewable Interests

    July 28, 2021

    A Data Analytics Approach The valuation of minerals and renewables falls outside the usual guidelines of real property appraisal, where real property broadly defined includes land, everything permanently attached to it, at, above, and below the earth’s surface and all the interests, benefits, and rights inherent in the ownership collectively referred to as “the bundle of sticks”. This is because most appraisers commonly value land, houses, ranches, surface structures, and businesses. Sub surface real property appraisals is more specialized where appraisers usually value royalty income based on production from reservoirs beneath the surface. This article provides an overview of the…

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    Regulators Want Firms to Ramp Up Fintech Accountability

    December 19, 2017

    Officials at the SEC and FINRA have been talking a lot lately about how they have been ramping up their use of sophisticated technologies to root out questionable conduct among the firms they regulate.  It turns out that they are expecting advisors and brokers to do the same. To read the full article in FinancialPlanning, click: Regulators Want Firms to Ramp Up Fintech Accountability.