March 26, 2004
Central Michigan U. Has IRS Agents Teach Accounting Students How to Root Out Fraud
The phone rings, and an informant rats out a man who has filed multiple tax returns. Agents spring into action to gather the evidence to put the man behind bars. That may sound like a movie plot, but students in Thomas R. Weirich's "Forensic Accounting" course at Central Michigan University use just such scenarios to learn how to catch and prevent fraud.
The course focuses on gathering financial data and presenting it in a way that can be used in court. Students learn about the nature
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