0 someone whose job is examining financial records to help find out whether a crime has been committed, or to help with a legal case:
The museum hired a forensic accountant to investigate the disappearance of the funds.
1 someone whose job is to examine financial records to find any illegal financial activity:
The department has asked a forensic accountant to help with the investigation.
She's a forensic accountant specializing in divorce cases.
Poring through records with a forensic accountant, the head teacher found evidence that his colleague used money from the school to repay debts.
The investigation could be assisted by a forensic accountant.
Forensic accountants found fraud on a huge scale.
I suspect that he is something of a forensic accountant; he always pays great attention to detail.
They may not have been as familiar with the entire case or objectives as that of the case agent, detective, forensic accountant or crime analyst.
To qualify as a forensic accountant, one must possess the appropriate licence or qualification as recognized by the jurisdiction in which the lawsuit or dispute is taking place.
We can even employ forensic accountants, if necessary, to analyse those returns.