Top-earning professional athletes and entertainers can make millions of dollars, but a combination of short careers, excessive spending and financial fraud can deplete or even erase those earnings. Fraud schemes that affect athletes and entertainers are typically the same ones that affect the public, making this session relevant for all fraud examiners.

This session will explore the unique aspects and challenges to cases involving high-profile clients. This will include the nature of the client, investments in multiple and wide-ranging companies and industries, investments in cash-based businesses, involvement of friends and family members, lack of documentation or contracts relating to the businesses or investments, and the potential lack of regular reporting.

You Will Learn How To:

• Navigate ways to address lack of cooperation from partners, investors, and managers relating to interviews and information requests
• Identify techniques used to quantify amounts where agreements, contracts and documentation might not exist
• Identify issues with multiple investments in multiple industries