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Overcoming the Challenges of Conducting Virtual Internal Investigations
Accounting & Financial Reporting
Webcast

Overcoming the Challenges of Conducting Virtual Internal Investigations

With the advent of COVID-19, internal investigations suddenly went from an on-site and in-person process to a virtual one. Join this webcast to understand the challenges of conducting investigations virtually and identify ways to overcome these.

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Format

Webcast

NASBA Field of Study

Accounting

Level

Basic

CPE Credits

1.5

Instructor

Ken Herzinger, Derek Duarte, Doug Aguilera

Availability

3 months

Product Number

WC2878775

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The challenges of moving to virtual investigations and how to overcome them

Join this webcast to understand the challenges of conducting investigations virtually and identify ways to overcome these.

Additionally, this session will examine the investigation process, collection of electronic evidence, and conducting interviews in a virtual world.

Attendees will gain knowledge of overcoming the challenges of remote evidence collection, including electronic discovery, video conference interviews, and other evidence collection methods.

Who Will Benefit
  • All accounting and finance professionals conducting internal investigations
Key Topics
  • Collecting evidence remotely
  • Hard copy document, and books and records collection methods
  • Efficient electronic evidence collections
  • New evidence sources that have been created by remote work
  • Interview techniques using video, voice and content sharing tools
  • Investigation reporting in a virtual environment
Learning Outcomes
  • Recognize virtual investigation challenges before you begin an investigation
  • Identify an investigation strategy that contemplates a remote and distributed workforce
  • Identify an internal investigation that considers successful techniques to collect evidence virtually
  • Recognize virtual electronic evidence collection methods
  • Recall virtual interviewing and reporting techniques
  • Identify confidentiality challenges
More Details
NASBA Field of Study
Accounting
Level
Basic
Prerequisites
None
Access
This is a digital product. With full paid access the content will be available to you for 3 months after purchase date.
Duration
1.5 hrs
Pricing
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Speakers
Ken Herzinger
JD
Ken Herzinger is a partner with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP in the White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance Group. Ken was an attorney in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission prior to joining private practice. His practice focuses on SEC investigations and enforcement actions, internal investigations, securities class actions, and ERISA class actions. Ken has 20 years of experience as a securities litigator and has handled numerous global and domestic internal investigations for public and private companies and audit committees regarding a myriad of issues including accounting fraud, ICFR, disclosure controls and procedures, the FCPA, insider trading, and whistleblower retaliation claims.
Derek Duarte
JD, GIAC CFE
Derek M. Duarte is President of BlackStone Discovery, an eDiscovery and computer forensics services firm, that amplifies its experts with AI and automation.  As a litigator and technologist, Derek brings a unique perspective to the challenges of the legal services industry. Most recently, he was named one of Silicon Valley’s 40 best business leaders under the age of 40 (40 under 40) by the Silicon Valley Business Journal for leading BlackStone Discovery’s rapid growth and disruption of the eDiscovery industry.  Derek holds a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and is admitted to practice law in California. He is also a GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner.
Doug Aguilera
CPA
Doug is a CPA and Forensic Accountant with 30 years of global accounting services expertise. This experience includes 18 years at “Big 4” accounting firms, most recently as a Senior Manager with EY. Since 2008, Doug has run a successful forensic accounting practice in Palo Alto, California. Doug advises boards, the trier of fact, and acts as an arbiter in situations involving complex financial issues and irregularities. Doug’s clients say he is ethical, analytical and detail oriented. Using his forensic accounting skills, Doug performs internal and fraud investigations in a wide variety of circumstances.
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