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“When black cats prowl, and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween”

 When October rolls around, we think of Halloween. Halloween has always been a holiday filled with mystery, magic, and superstition. It began as a Celtic end-of-summer festival during which people felt especially close to deceased relatives and friends. For these friendly spirits,...

Halloween pop-up stores are everywhere at this time of year. It’s peak season for people to pick out costumes and put up creepy decorations. While employees report that working in a Halloween store can be fun, they also say it can be seriously scary—and not because of the store’s décor. Those problems for employees can...

In the 1600s, many Americans believed a woman’s place was in the home. Women were viewed primarily as homemakers and caretakers. In the 1940s, World War II forced societal changes in the United States. With men drafted into service, millions of women entered the workforce, many of them working in factories to help the war...

For businesses, customer loyalty programs provide extra value and show customer appreciation (while encouraging customers to spend more money). Customers can use VISA cards to rack up airline miles, hotel stays to amass points leading to perks and free hotel rooms, and now even MyMcDonalds rewards cards with which customers earn 100 points for every...

The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced many changes in the workplace. Perhaps the biggest change is the number of employees working remotely. Global Workplace Analytics, a research firm, estimates 164.6 million people were working remotely in February 2020, just as the pandemic began to rage. Today, Global Workplace Analytics’ statistics indicate more than 4.7 million...

Businesses with a manufacturing component can be particularly vulnerable to non-cash schemes, such as inventory theft. In honor of World Chocolate Day, July 7, a real-life case of inventory theft at a chocolate manufacturer provides an in-depth look at inventory theft in manufacturing.

The case, initially described by the Idaho Society of Certified Public Accountants...

As a forensic accounting firm, SDC encourages individuals and businesses to be aware of all types of potential scams—whether they are perpetrated by employees or outside individuals. Awareness and knowledge are the first step to preventing and mitigating a wide range of scams.

Scammers and fraudsters are always on the hunt for new angles and...

Many organizations have, over the course of a tumultuous year, been tasked with reviewing and refining their work from home policies. For some, remote work is here to stay—a new fixture of the workplace. William Altman, Senior Analyst at the Global Cyber Center of NYC, describes the troubling state of cyber security as stopgap remote...

The phone rings. You answer. There’s a brief moment of silence and a soft click. Then the message starts. It’s the same one you’ve been hearing almost daily for the past few months. “Hello. I’m calling today with important news. Your car’s warranty is about to expire…”

Chances are if you own a vehicle and...

Seng Tan impressed many struggling Cambodian immigrants in the United States. To them, she represented wealth and success. She drove a shiny black Mercedes, dressed in expensive clothes, and claimed to be a  millionaire. Yet she was also like them. She too had fled Cambodia during the brutal regime of the Khmer Rouge. She also...