Prevent, detect and investigate fraud and misconduct
The risk of fraud exists everywhere.
Even in the most secure environment, there is the potential for theft, embezzlement or other fraud. And the risks are only increasing as criminals get smarter, operations become more complex and technology advances.
Wipfli is ready to help your organization overcome those challenges to prevent, identify and address fraud.
Why Wipfli?
Because of the complexity and diversity of fraud risks facing organizations today, Wipfli has developed a multidisciplinary team with strong experience in financial forensics, digital forensics, litigation support, economic damages and IT controls.
We follow procedures designed to produce accurate, auditable, reproducible, and court-admissible analyses and findings.
We are ready to help you protect your organization with services including:
How we help
Wipfli can help your organization identify, quantify and mitigate fraud risks, costs and effects. We provide support in performing assessments, investigations proactive examinations and designing antifraud programs and controls.
We can also help you address:
- Anti-bribery
- Corruption
- Contract compliance
- Corporate intelligence
- E-discovery
- Financial crimes
- Fraud and misconduct
Wipfli’s litigation and dispute advisory team can help you minimize your risk of loss and maximize the opportunity for recovery. Depending on your needs, we offer a comprehensive range of litigation support consulting, from pre-litigation strategy up to and including expert witness testimony at trial.
We can also support your organization with:
- Calculation of lost profits and other economic damages.
- Financial matters consultation with attorneys.
- Lifestyle analyses (financial statement analysis, daily living expenses reconstruction, cash-flow reporting, income tax return analysis, marital lifestyle and post-separation analysis).
- Information gathering, evaluation and formal reporting.
- Preparation for and participation in depositions.
Our team
Christopher Volz, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
Chris Volz has over 25 years of experience in working with closely held, middle-market companies and their owners, and this enables him to deliver a diverse and substantial array of services to help businesses realize their true value. His strong interpersonal skills play a critical role in helping business owners identify and implement solutions to various challenges their business is facing.
Marc W. Courey, CPA/CFF, JD, LLM, CFE, CICA, CCEP, CIA
Marc has more than 25 years of diverse experience in forensic accounting, law practice, information technology (IT) systems, and corporate management, Marc Courey assists clients with financial forensic investigations and fraud risk assessments, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements, and regulatory compliance engagements and internal investigations. He also has significant experience assisting organizations with e-discovery and litigation readiness preparedness and formation and governance issues including risk management, business ethics, and employment practices.
Patrick M. DeLangis, CPA, MAFF, CFE, CFF, CVA, EnCE
Patrick DeLangis is senior manager of forensic accounting with more than 25 years of experience in forensic accounting and litigation. He brings extensive experience in calculating damages in disputes, including construction disputes, employment disputes, shareholder disputes, personal injury, medical malpractice, professional malpractice, breach of contract, product liability, fiduciary breaches, and purchase and sale agreements. Patrick also has investigated fidelity claims, fraud and employee theft matters and assisted clients in fraud prevention and internal control studies.
Allen E. Jacque, CFA, CFE
Allen Jacque is a director in the valuation, litigation and transaction support services practice. He provides financial, accounting and economic analyses to attorneys in connection with disputes involving contractual breaches, infringement of intellectual property assets, professional malpractice, fraud/misrepresentation, and personal injury-related losses. Allen has served as an expert witness in federal court regarding financial damages and specializes in consulting matters requiring skills in econometrics, statistics, corporate finance, electronic discovery, and forensic accounting. He also provides assistance to counsel and academic experts in the defense of class action allegations.
Improving internal controls
Learn how we helped one business lower fraud risk and gain peace of mind.
