Preventing Fraud and Mismanagement in Government

About the Authors

Joseph R. Petrucelli, CPA/CFF/CGMA/ABV, FCPA, CVA, MAFF, PSA, CFE (CPA in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania), is a well‐known expert in the area of forensic accounting. He is a founding partner of PP&D Accounting Services Inc. and Fraud Forces Inc., where he provides forensic accounting, tax, and consulting services. He is called upon frequently as an expert witness on valuation, labor negotiations, and fraud. His client list includes large public agencies, major corporations, and multiple municipal unions and governments. He authored Detecting Fraud in Organizations (Wiley). He is a popular adjunct professor at the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York, where he teaches accounting‐related courses on a regular basis and assisted in the development of a graduate‐level forensic accounting course. He frequently lectures on fraud risk and ethics. He is a former New Jersey real estate commissioner and is actively involved in various nonprofit work.

Jonathan R. Peters, Ph.D. (Fair Haven, NJ), is a professor of finance in the Business School at the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York and a member of the doctoral faculty in the Ph.D. programs in economics and earth and environmental science at the CUNY Graduate School. He is also a research fellow at the University Transportation Research Center at the City College of New York. Dr. Peters has served as an expert on panels at the National Academies of Science and is a subject‐matter ...