Upcoming Events
Chapter Luncheon

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
11:30a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Plum Tree Inn
913 N Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free Parking with Validation
(213) 481-8000
TOPIC:  "Business Fairy Tales:  The Top Twenty Fictitious Financial Reporting Frauds and
the Signals they leave in the Financial Statements"

SPEAKER:  Dr. Cecil W. Jackson, CPA, is a Professor of Clinical
Accounting in the Marshall School of Business at the University
of Southern California and author of 'Business Fairy Tales:
Grim Realities of Fictitious Financial Reporting'.

DESCRIPTION OF SPEECH:  

* Methods of Overstating Revenue
* Methods of Understating Expenses
* Frauds involving Business Acquisitions
* Misuse of Off-balance-sheet entities
* Miscellaneous financial reporting frauds

SPEAKER BIO: Dr. Cecil W. Jackson, a CPA and Chartered Accountant, is Professor of Clinical
Accounting at the Leventhal School of Accounting in the Marshall School of Business at the
University of Southern California.  He teaches courses on fraudulent financial reporting, forensic
accounting and managerial accounting in the MBA program as well as the graduate and
undergraduate accounting programs.  Dr. Jackson designed and developed the first courses on
fraudulent financial accounting at USC.  He has won several awards for his teaching and is a
respected speaker and consultant on aggressive financial reporting issues. He is also the
Director of the USC Center of the California Council on Economic Education, and has worked for
two major public accounting firms.  Jackson has appeared on Bloomberg Television, The Street.
Com, and several television news shows.  He has been interviewed by a number of radio shows
including “On the Money” “Your Financial Editor,” and “Marketplace.”  He holds a Master's degree
in Accounting from Rhodes University and a Doctorate in Accounting from the University of South
Africa  In his book, Business Fairy Tales: Grim Realities of Fictitious Financial Reporting, Jackson
uses real-world scandals to illustrate the top-twenty methods used by companies to falsely
overstate earnings and hide debt.