INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF FINANCIAL CRIME SKILLS PROGRAM

This three-day learn-by-doing investigative skills program focuses on the practical, strategic and legal issues involved in the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes from complaint to trial. Participants will work in teams to investigate and prosecute a financial crime allegation, from complaint through trial. The allegation involves an alleged irregularity in a local school board contract. Performance workshops will provide participants with opportunities to assess a complaint, develop an investigative plan, develop a strategy for obtaining relevant records, prepare search warrant affidavits and subpoenas, prepare for and conduct interviews, review and evaluate financial documents, trace the flow of money, evaluate the sufficiency of the evidence for prosecution and trial, prepare for trial and testify at trial. The program will be a combination of targeted workshops and lectures. Law enforcement officers and attorneys involved in handling financial crime cases would benefit from this course.

Conducted by the NJ Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute