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Marta Alfonso, a principal in the Management Advisory Services Department at MBAF, a leading, national certified public accounting firm that serves domestic and international clients across a broad range of industries and practices joins Enterprise Radio.
Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Marta Alfonso discuss the following:
- How common are cases of embezzlement?
- Have cases of fraud and embezzlement increased or decreased in recent years?
- Which industries are typically most affected by embezzling? Are there any industries we may typically not suspect?
- How long does it typically take for companies to detect cases of fraud and embezzlement by its employees?
- What are the financial and legal implications for businesses to be aware of?
- What are simple and immediate steps that businesses can take to protect themselves from fraud and embezzlement?
- Do you have any success stories that you can share with us as to how you have helped clients detect and handle fraud and embezzlement cases?
Duration: 13:10
With a strong background in forensic accounting, insolvency and bankruptcy, turnarounds, litigation support and financial management, Marta offers clients extensive financial experience and a deep understanding of critical legal issues. Trained as both an accountant and an attorney, she has worked in a range of consulting and in-house corporate roles since 1983.
Before joining MBAF, Marta served in key positions with a national accounting firm, providing financial and accounting guidance for Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 federal bankruptcies. In this role, she also served as a federal receiver for multi-million dollar companies, performed due diligence services for real estate and manufacturing clients, and provided expert consultation and testimony in cases related to bankruptcy and insolvency, receivership, criminal RICO, domestic and international money laundering, accounting malpractice, and marital dissolution.
Marta’s experience with bankruptcy, receivership and restructuring issues includes years of service in accounting and consulting positions. She has served as the chief restructuring officer of a healthcare service organization, as a state court receiver for a money transmission company, and as a consultant on federal bankruptcy cases. With expertise in both management and technology, she has worked as the interim chief information officer for a large consumer transportation company, and has provided financial and operational management support, technology consulting, and regulatory compliance counsel to both for-profit and non-profit organizations in South Florida and beyond.
In the areas of litigation support and forensic accounting, Marta has consulted in defense of securities and exchange fraud and bank fraud clients, and has served as an expert witness before the Florida Supreme Court Referee and Miami-Dade County Grand Jury relative to a multi-million dollar forensic accounting project.
Along with her private sector work, Marta has also served with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she was comptroller for the Federal Housing Administration and director of the Office of Asset and Credit Management. In these positions, she helped to evaluate and develop organization-wide accounting systems, while overseeing an array of financial management and information technology functions.
Links: www.mbafcpa.com
