Richard A. Vera II
PI, MBA, CPA, CFE, CFF, Cr.FA, CAMS, CDFA, AQA, DABFA
Professional Experience:
U.S. Justice Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Senior Forensic Auditor/Financial Investigator / Expert Witness
- Provide expert financial testimony during criminal trials, Grand Jury proceedings, and/or regulatory hearings.
- Plan and conduct forensic financial investigations of highly complex financial crimes including, but not limited to; money laundering, arson for profit, bank fraud, insurance fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, etc.
- Provided authoritative advice to special agents, federal, state, and local prosecutors and law enforcement personnel.
- Interviewed suspects, accountants, bank personnel, representatives of financial institutions, insurance companies and others, including federal, state and local agency officials to obtain financially related information.
- Interpret general policy guidelines and provided specific technical guidance as requested.
- Provide expert guidance and direction on forensic audit approaches and techniques.
- Served as acting audit manager.
- Execute search warrants.
- Serve federal subpoenas.
- Develop and instruct courses on financial crimes for federal, state, and local law enforcement.
- Develop and modified work plans and structured assignments, adapt forensic financial techniques for organizing data to cover a wide variety of unrelated work processes and functions.
Vera & Vera, PA
Owner/CPA
Income tax preparation, forensic accounting, mediation, divorce financial analysis.
University of North Carolina (UNC)
Instructor
Develop and instruct forensic accounting certification courses.
Carolina Investigative Services
Owner/Private Investigator, Forensic Accountant
I provide Forensic Financial Services and Private Investigations including but not limited to process service, fraud examinations, financial investigations, expert witness services, litigation support, skip tracing, asset searches and hidden asset identification, witness locates, surveillance, deposition and trial support.
Catawba Valley Community College
Instructor
Instructed college level credit courses in accounting, accounting software, business communications and other related business and accounting topics.
U.S. Defense Department, Air Force Audit Agency
Auditor in Charge
Researched available regulations and guidance on audit subject areas and independently developed audit programs by which to evaluate actual performance against required standards. This evaluation took on many forms, including observation, statistical analysis, and other performance measurement standards. In all cases, the investigation and assemblage of various types of evidence supported and documented in work papers culminated in fully crossed-referenced final report of audit, including auditor recommendations addressing specific audit related findings and/or deficiencies and appropriate corrective action(s). Audit areas included financial, operational or management advisory engagements applied on a local or Air Force-wide basis.
- Briefed, interviewed, and made recommendations based on audit findings to various levels of management.
- Utilized computer aided auditing techniques to analyze and validate financial data.
- Functioned as computer network administrator.
- Functioned as computer security manager.
U.S. Defense Department, Army Audit Agency
Auditor
Researched available regulations and guidance on audit subject areas; and as part of a team developed audit programs to evaluate actual performance against required standards. This evaluation took on many forms, including observation, statistical analysis, and other performance measurement standards. In all cases, the investigation and assemblage of various types of evidence supported and documented in work papers culminated in fully crossed-referenced final report of audit, including auditor recomendations addressing specific audit related findings and/or deficiencies and appropriate corrective action(s). Audit areas included financial, operational or management advisory engagements applied on an Army-wide basis.
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Briefed, interviewed, and made recommendations based on audit findings to various levels of management.
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Utilized computer aided auditing techniques to analyze and validate data.
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Developed procedures and training manual to automate report of audit and work paper cross referencing and digitization of supporting documentation.
CPA & Financial Services, LLC
Owner / CPA practice.
- Developed and implemented marketing plan.
- Prepared individual and business federal, state and local income tax returns.
- Represented clients before the Internal Revenue Service on tax related matters.
- Rendered personal financial planning and investment advice (series 7 & 63 licenses).
- Delivered litigation support services during civil court proceedings.
- Applied forensic accounting techniques to civil court cases.
- Planned and executed fraud examinations.
- Provided business consulting services.
- Provided divorce mediation services.
- Provided divorce financial planning and analysis services.
Professional Member of the American Institute of CPA's
Affiliations Member of the New Jersey Society of CPA's
Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Member of the American College of Forensic Examiners
Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Accounting
Member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering
Specialists
Member of the Institute of Divorce Financial Analysts
Member of the North Carolina Association of Private Investigators
Education Monmouth University
Master of Business Administration
Thomas Edison State College
BSBA - Accounting Concentration
Brookdale Community College
AA – Accounting, AA – Economics and Psychology
Professional Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Licenses & Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
Certifications Private Investigator (PI)
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Certified Forensic Accountant (CrFA)
Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Accounting (DABFA)
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA)
Accredited Quality Assessor (AQA)
Publication Contributing author, “Tips from the Top – Targeted Advice from America’s Top Money Minds” published in January 2003.
