Criminal Forensic Accounting

Outsourcing Substantially Increases Departmental Capabilities With Minimal Cost

Traditional Law Enforcement successfully deals with the traditional criminal. However, there is inadequate support to assist local agencies in attacking the sophisticated criminal. As a result, these criminals have been amassing and hiding huge amounts of illegally obtained assets.

Few peace officers are trained, or have the time and resources, to discover and recover these assets while bringing the criminals to full justice.

Large police agencies have databases, computers and full time ACCOUNTANTS to assist their investigators. What does the smaller department do?

The answer is to hire your own accountant!!! This assumes you have a budget excess of about $80,000+ with benefits, and enough work to keep a highly compensated and competent accountant busy and challenged.

Or you could contract my firm to provide FORENSIC ACCOUNTING services on "AN AS-NEEDED BASIS." Why S. ROBERT RADUS, CPA?

  1. I have been a CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT since 1977.
  2. I have been a RESERVE with an Orange County law enforcement agency since 1977 and an investigator since 1991.
  3. And finally, I have access to massive public databases and other information resources most departments do not have.

4.      I have completed over 200 hours of computer forensic examinations in courses sponsored by the California Department of Justice. 

5.      Most recently, I completed DoJ’s 80 hour Advanced Computer Forensics course in May 2006.

In one exploratory session with you and your staff, we can determine if my experience in law enforcement and accounting can benefit your agency cost effectively.

Qualifications

Reserve Deputy Sheriff since 1977.

P.O.S.T. certified Level I Reserve since 1985. I worked a one man patrol unit from 1985 to 1991.

Promoted to Investigator in 1991.

Worked in the Fraud Detail and am currently assigned to General Investigations. I have assisted in or conducted many general crime investigations and several major fraud investigations.

Promoted to Sergeant in 1993.

Promoted to Lieutenant in May of 1996 as Commander of the Investigative Reserve Unit. Among my duties I taught others methods of investigating general crimes, departmental case procedures, and applications for Search Warrants. I have prepared Search Warrants, all served personally.  I was transferred to High Tech Services in 2002.  I am in charge of the Community Services (Child Internet Safety Program), Network Systems, and Operations and Support Details.

Training

Investigations Academy (Advanced). This course, attended by both Reserve and Regular Investigators, consisted of 40 hours of specialized training instruction in the Investigation Detail procedures including detection of criminal conspiracies and methods of operations in fraudulent schemes.

Attended P.O.S.T. course on "Drug Asset Forfeiture" January 1995.

Attended F.B.I course on "White Collar Crime" February 1995.

Attended P.O.S.T. course on "Link Analysis" May 1995.

Attended P.O.S.T. Intermediate Forensics course May 2004.  I have my own copy of EnCase® and acquisition and storage hardware.

Attended P.O.S.T. Computer Digital Evidence Recovery course using forensic computer analysis programs in September 2005.

Attended P.O.S.T. Advanced Computer Forensics course on using the EnCase ® and other forensic computer analysis programs in May 2006.

Specific

I have examined books and records in connection with telephone "Boiler Rooms," traced bank records in employee theft, and examined city licensee books and records to determine compliance with city ordinances.

My wide range of experience in preparing books and records for many small business clients has given me the opportunity to observe accounting methods and systems not available to accountant's who work in governmental accounting or those who have spent their careers in large CPA firms and may not have experience with small clients. My years of service to law enforcement has given me the opportunity to observe criminal behavior. This is something few other accountants have ever experienced.

These two attributes make my firm the ideal vendor to your Department-I know how accounting works and I know how law enforcement works. I can tie the two together and work very efficiently from start to finish on any Project.

I will travel to your location. For Federal Government projects travel is CONUS/OCONUS.

Catalogue of Forensic Accounting Services

Examination of suspect's books and records to determine

  1. Violations of Law.
  2. Tracing Receipts and Disbursements.
  3. Tracing Assets for potential recovery and/or victim restitution.
  4. Tracing Assets for potential Asset Forfeitures in cases which may or may not be associated with or being conducted jointly with outside agencies.
  5. Preparation of Search Warrants and Court Orders.
  6. Preparation of forensic reports and case reports.

Examination of city licensee books and records to determine, if such responsibility is delegated to the Police Department

  1. City license fees.
  2. Compliance with city ordinances.(Bingo, Liquor, etc.)

Computerization

  1. Review Department computer systems with goal of maximizing management reporting efficiency using current Department report forms.
  2. Set up computer software systems which are "user friendly" and maintainable by Department personnel.
  3. Set up computer and software training and support.

Departmental budgeting

  1. Assist in reviewing and preparing annual budgets.
  2. Assist in preparing grant requests at all levels---county, state, and federal.

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