Business and Government Investigations

Overview

This course shows how undisciplined decisions in business can lead to government investigations and prison terms. We profile three entrepreneurs from three separate industries who built billion-dollar enterprises. Despite well-developed infrastructures, simple business decisions led to their being wrapped into government investigations, criminal indictments, and collateral consequences that accompany felony convictions for white-collar crime related to federal election laws, tax fraud, and securities fraud. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Highlights

Major topics covered in this course include:

How government investigations for white-collar crimes begin
How investigators and prosecutors build cases against business leaders
Differences between witnesses, subjects, and targets
Civil versus criminal allegations and proceedings
Collateral consequences of a criminal charge
Understanding the role of defense attorneys
Differentiate between challenges in business and allegations of wrongdoing
Influence on financial loss amounts and sentencing
Lowering risk levels for government investigations or allegations of white-collar crime

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Financial services professionals looking to get ideas on how to create training strategies that will lower risk levels for investigations of white-collar financial crimes.

Objectives

After attending this presentation, you will be able to...

Recognize how white-collar crime investigations begin
Recall terminology associated with criminal justice proceedings
Identify the relationship between a criminal charge and a conviction
Identify how judges determine appropriate sentences for business-related crimes
Create compliance programs to reduce exposure to allegations of white-collar crime

Preparation

None

Notice

This course is offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible in the My CPE Tracker section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by CPA Crossings.