Many corporations and government entities have aninternal auditing function and

Many corporations and government entities have aninternal auditing function and a separate fraud investigationfunction either as a subunit of internal auditing or security or asa separate unit within the organization. In addition manyaccounting and consulting firms have a forensic investigation andlitigation support services. The financial forensic investigationtechniques and procedures used within an organization (in-house) orfrom a professional contracted service firm can come about indifferent ways. For example some forensic techniques for analyzingfinancial statements are common for financial auditors fraudauditors or forensic accountants and investigators. Othertechniques such as using behavior detection methods andinterviewing methods are primarily used in specific fraudinvestigation engagements.