Trillions of dollars are lost annually due to corporate fraud, a growing global problem. For savvy professional investors, however, this crisis presents an opportunity. This book is the first to comprehensively explore a systematic and updated approach to identify, analyze, and profit from publicly listed companies allegedly engaged in fraudulent activities. Drawing on hands-on experience successfully uncovering corporate fraud, the author provides practical insights and guidelines supported by academic research and real-world examples. The readers will gain a deep understanding of the fraud investment process, get the building blocks to build their own framework, and develop essential tools with the end goal of executing a profitable investment strategy based on corporate fraud knowledge.

About the Author

Jesper Sorensen was most recently a Managing Director at a major Scandinavian bank where he headed up more than 100 major investment due diligence and FinCrime related cases in a period of four years. In his role, he started, scaled, and headed a new type of specialist Financial Crime team and was the main conceptualist and architect of new due diligence and FinCrime tools utilizing Machine Learning and AI. Jesper and his team exposed more than $1 billion in fraudulent activities related to corporate entities. Besides the direct financial impact, he has had a successful collaboration with law enforcement agencies, leading to investigations, prosecutions, and litigations of fraudulent corporate entities.

Book Information
ISBN 9783031818332
Author Jesper Sorensen
Format Hardback
Page Count 376
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Springer International Publishing AG