Fraud Examination and Prevention - Hardcover

W. Steve Albrecht is the Andersen Alumni Professor of Accountancy in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. He received a bachelor's degree in accounting from BYU and MBA and PhD degrees from the University of Wisconsin. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and Certified Fraud Examiner. After teaching at Stanford and the University of Illinois, he came to BYU in 1977, where he was the associate dean of the Marriott School until 2008. He is past President of the American Accounting Association, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Beta Alpha Psi and the Accounting Program Leadership Group. Until recently, he served as the U.S. representative on the International Federation of Accountants Education Committee and as a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation. Dr. Albrecht has done extensive research on business fraud and ethics, which has resulted in the publication of over one hundred articles in professional and academic journals, several awards, and having one of the headquarters of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners named after him. He is the author or co-author of 20 books or monographs. Dr. Albrecht has received numerous awards and honors for excellence in scholarship and teaching, including BYU's highest faculty honor, the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award. He was also chosen as one of the 100 most influential accounting professionals in the United States by ACCOUNTING TODAY magazine on 5 occasions. Dr. Albrecht has consulted with numerous organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, the United Nations, FBI, and other organizations, and has been an expert witness in over 35 major fraud cases. Dr. Albrecht is married to the former LeAnn Christiansen and they have six children and sixteen grandchildren.