Forensic accountants help elder fraud victims
Accounting Today
MAY 8, 2024
Senior citizens often fall victim to elder financial abuse, even at the hands of their closest relatives, but accountants can help protect them.
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Accounting Today
MAY 8, 2024
Senior citizens often fall victim to elder financial abuse, even at the hands of their closest relatives, but accountants can help protect them.
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Top 25 accounting firm Cherry Bekaert has acquired New Orleans-based Legier & Company, a boutique forensic and litigation consulting firm that specializes in forensic accounting, business interruption services, expert witness testimony, and dispute advisory services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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