Howard Schilit
Dr. Howard M. Schilit
Founder and CEO of Financial Shenanigans Detection Group, LLC.
Dr. Howard M Schilit is an international leader in forensic accounting and corporate governance and author of Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports (McGraw-Hill) 3rd Edition, May 2010. He has been a leading spokesman before Congress, the SEC, and media outlets about causes and early warning signs of accounting tricks in public filings.
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