Virtual Currencies and Bitcoin

Date
November 9, 2015

This session will provide practitioners with investigative tools to utilize with clients involved with virtual currencies. The session will provide an overview of virtual currencies, informal value transfer systems, and math-based crypto currencies by discussing what they are, how they operate and how it applies to current accounting principles. Attendees will:
• Develop a basic understanding of informal value transfer systems
• Gain an understanding of virtual currencies
• Learn about bitcoin and the bitcoin mining process
• Describe person-to-person exchanges
• Learn how to apply this knowledge to investigations utilizing virtual currencies

Speakers

Speaker Image for Randal Wolverton
Randal A. Wolverton, CPA, CFF, CFE
Owner, Randal A. Wolverton CPA LLC
Speaker Image for Brian Koechner
Forensic Accountant, FBI

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