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I assume you mean the type of forensic science you see on tv shows like CSI:Miami however criminal forensic investigation is only one amount many many forensic fields.

Forensic by definition means "of or before the forum." It is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action (an audit of some sort is a forensic investigation - forensic accounting).

The principles of forensic accounting work like so:

Insiders in a corporation's accounting department among many responsibilities are supposed to detect fraud. Sometimes they are able to successfully do this and sometimes not.

Approximately 60% of fraudulent activity is reported through someone informing the accounting department what has been going on or by accident. When that happens an external forensic accounting investigator is usually called in to investigate the books.

From there a thorough external, objective investigation of the company's compliations, tax reviews, audits, wealth management and what have you is conducted.

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