Contact: John Hartgen
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ABI RELEASES
COMPREHENSIVE COMMERCIAL FRAUD MANUAL
size='3'>January 21,
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>2010
size='3'>Alexandria, Va. — The American
Bankruptcy Institute has released
size='3'>Commercial Fraud Manual, which
provides the framework and vocabulary necessary to understand, confront
and defeat commercial fraud issues. A special project of the American
Bankruptcy Institute’s Commercial Fraud Task Force, the
Manual
size='3'>was written by
size='3'>Eugene S. Becker of Becker
Law, Margaret
Daley of Duff & Phelps, LLC,
Daniel F. Dooley
of MorrisAnderson & Associates, Ltd.,
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Michael Goldman
size='3'>of Michael Goldman & Associates, LLC,
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Richard S. Lauter
size='3'>of Freeborn & Peters LLP, David P. Leibowitz
of the Lakelaw/Leibowitz Law Center and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Eric S. Rein
size='3'>of Dykema Gossett PLLC. The Manual explains different
types of fraud, the mechanics of forensic investigations and computer
forensics, the legal response to fraud and international fraud remedies,
concluding with a discussion of the major fraud cases in
2009.
Members of the press interested
in interviewing any of the authors should contact John Hartgen at
703-894-5935 or
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size='3'>. The 174-page softbound
size='3'>Commercial Fraud Manualis available
for pre-order ($35 ABI members; $55 non-members) at ABI's Online
Bookstore. Click here to order.
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