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The Belmont Bureau | January 2017 Member Spotlight

January 05, 2017 4:56 PM | Deleted user

The Belmont Bureau started as a bookkeeping service in 2013. The business has evolved to meet the demand for forensic accounting and fraud examination services.

Analyst Christopher Bacher, CFE, aids clients and their legal counsel to find facts, help explain what has happened, and isolate what has not. Mr. Bacher brings 30+ years of experience gathered from a variety of industries, all of which is brought to bear in the analysis. Mr. Bacher’s specialty education is in financial analysis, with a particular focus on fraud and crime. The Belmont Bureau provides the following services:

Financial Fraud Examination: Streams of fraud stories tweet around the globe, a never-ending, growing morass of loss. Under numerous false assumptions, many sit and do nothing, believing nothing could happen to them. Now think about this:

  1. A CPA usually doesn’t look for fraud; the insurance is too expensive.
  2. The ERP software (a company-wide accounting program, like SAP) probably doesn’t look for fraud; the modules are optional and expensive, and most organizations opt out.
  3. Insurance doesn’t cover more than 10% of the average cost of a financial fraud; crime insurance is available, but brokers don’t bother trying to sell it. And for the self-insured, the forgiving taxpayer or stakeholder is a thing of the past!

To find out what is really going on, send a message to the Belmont Bureau and set up a review.

Litigation Support: The Belmont Bureau arranges interviews, processes witness statements, and performs activities that support the legal process. Whether the problem is a commercial dispute, personal injury, an insurance matter, domestic relations, bankruptcy or dissolution, or more general business questions, we investigate and report.

Many situations require a written report, which can be provided at various levels of detail. With financial cases, we’ll help counsel piece together when, how much, who, where did it go, and how much is left.

Management Consulting: Experience in a host of industries.

Christopher joined the ACFE in 2008 as an associate. In January of 2010, Mr. Bacher was declared a Certified Fraud Examiner, having completed rigorous study and testing, and swearing to adhere to the ACFE code of ethics. As an Analyst at The Belmont Bureau, Mr. Bacher brings 30 years of public and private sector experience to each case, offering insight, guidance, and skill toward finding facts, and reporting them impartially. He serves on the board of three non-profits, including the local chapter of Fraud Examiners (oacfe.org).

Christopher Bacher | The Belmont Bureau | 503-367-5573

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