• Find a current event article pertaining to aspects of fraud and forensic/investigative reporting from a newspaper, periodical, or journal and write a summary of it. Current means within the last month or two. A summary should state, in your own words, the main idea of the article and key facts. Note: A summary is not re-typing part of the article.
• Write about the relevance to the practice and industry of forensic/investigative accounting. This is where you analyze the article. Consider the following questions. Note that these questions should not be answered directly. They are simply questions to help you get started with your analysis. Be sure to relate the current event and your analysis to the field of forensic/investigative accounting and what we are studying. Be sure to use references.
• An identification of the key issues posed by the article
• A list of applicable stakeholders and their rights and obligations
• What choices were/are available and what were/are the costs or trade-offs?
• Comment on how the situation was or should be resolved
• Who (individual or group) will be impacted by this decision?