Assets taken
Skimmed cash, shell vendors, ghost employees, padded expense claims, and inventory that walked out the door.
Case file · open
Follow the money.
Follow the money.
Mark what doesn't add up.
A forensic accounting game. Each case is a fictional company with a fraud in its books: cash that walked out, a contract that was bought, or results that were dressed up. Request the records in plain English, work the evidence, and prove what happened, what it cost, and who did it.
DEPOSITS vs. CASH RECEIPTSWP B-2
| Date | Receipts | Deposited | Variance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 03/04 | 2,418.50 agreed | 2,418.50 traced | 0.00 |
| Tue 03/05 | 1,972.25 agreed | 1,972.25 traced | 0.00 |
| Wed 03/06 | 1,846.00 agreed | 1,846.00 traced | 0.00 |
| Thu 03/07 | 3,105.00 agreed | 2,605.00 | (500.00) |
| Fri 03/08 | 2,250.75 agreed | 2,250.75 traced | 0.00 |
| Total | 11,592.50 footed | 11,092.50 footed | (500.00) |
Same steps as a real engagement.
- Read the briefingThe company, the cast, and the tip.
- Request recordsAsk in plain English; confirm what the parser understood. Every request spends engagement hours.
- Work the evidenceOpen what's produced in Excel and your PDF reader. Tick, foot, trace and vouch.
- Answer the caseClimb the question ladder. Hints and wrong answers cost points.
Mark up the evidence like an auditor.
You'll work the documents in your own spreadsheet or on paper. These are the standard marks.
- AgreedMatches the source
- FootedTotal recomputed
- TracedFollowed to another record
- VouchedBacked by a document
- ExceptionDoesn't tie
Three kinds of fraud, in organizations of every size.
Decisions bought
Contracts steered to a relative, a supplier's gifts, rigged bids, and an official who sells approvals.
Numbers bent
Revenue pulled forward, costs dressed up as assets, reserves smoothed to a target, and debts kept off the books.
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