Fraud Fighter Podcast
Hosted by a former white-collar federal criminal investigator, this bi-weekly podcast seeks to find the best tools, practices, opportunities, and people to answer your questions about fraud and forensic accounting. Every episode is a conversation with an expert in the fraud or forensic accounting industry who has a story to tell, ideas and wisdom to share, successes to inspire, and failures to confess. Where can you find the right credentials for your career? Where can you find the right training for you and where you want to be? What opportunities exist in the anti-fraud industry? What software or technology is available to help you in your career? If you are asking these questions, this podcast is for you.
Fraud Fighter Podcast
003 - Forensic Accounting in Bankruptcy Court - Jim Lanik
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Robert Nordlander, CPA, CFE
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Episode 3
Jim Lanik is a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Panel Trustee and law partner at Waldrep LLP. His role is to administer the bankruptcy code for the Bankruptcy Court. At times, a Trustee hires a forensic accountant with the Court's permission to assist the Trustee in finding hidden assets and income. The credibility of the bankruptcy process requires honesty and transparency.
jlanik@waldrepllp.com
www.waldrepllp.com
In this episode, we discuss:
- The difference between Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and other types of bankruptcy
- The role of the Trustee in bankruptcy proceedings
- When and why a forensic accountant or fraud examiner is hired by the Court
- What a Trustee looks for when recommending a forensic accountant to the Court
- What happens if bankruptcy fraud is suspected.
- How a forensic accountant should network with other Trustees
- How one debtor went on a cruise, which landed him in prison.
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