Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, CFF is a highly experienced forensic accountant and fraud investigator with impressive credentials. She is recognized across the country as an authority on fraud detection and investigation.

Through her company, Sequence Inc., Tracy has personally investigated hundreds of frauds in a wide variety of industries, including cases of embezzlement, financial statement fraud, investment fraud, and insurance fraud. She has also served as an expert witness in numerous cases involving damage calculations, commercial contract disputes, shareholder disputes and criminal defense.

She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in Illinois and Wisconsin, as well as Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Her educational background includes an Honors Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Law Studies and a Master of Business Administration, both from Marquette University in Milwaukee.

Tracy Coenen has been an Adjunct Professor at Concordia University - Wisconsin, and  an Adjunct Faculty member for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. She is a graduate of the Criminal Investigator Training Program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), and a member of the Board of Advisors of Pyramid Scheme Alert.

As an expert witness, Tracy continuously demonstrates her expertise, not only on paper, but also in the courtroom. She is a skilled witness who connects with judges and juries to help them understand complex financial matters.

Tracy was honored by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners as the 2007 winner of the prestigious Hubbard Award. The 40,000 worldwide members of the organization voted for the best article from the 2006 issues of Fraud Magazine, and selected Tracy’s article Financial Statement Fraud in the Katrina Aftermath: A Whirlwind of Opportunities as the winner. Tracy's first book, Essentials of Corporate Fraud blew sales projections out of the water and established her as a writer with an easy-to-understand style and entertaining tales to tell.

Tracy’s professional activities include:

• Author of Fraud Files column for Wisconsin Law Journal
• Author for AOL finance site, DailyFinance, writing about corporate fraud and consumer scams
• Guest writer for publications including Fraud Magazine, Andrews Litigation Reporter, and On Balance - The Magazine for Wisconsin CPAs
• Quoted on entrepreneurship and fraud issues in business publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Compliance Week, Entrepreneur.com, USA Today, Financial Executive Magazine, Business Journal, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Presenter at major industry conferences sponsored by organizations such as ACFE, AICPA, NACVA, IASIU, and state CPA societies
• Keynote speaker for organizations such as ACFE, Wisconsin Institute of CPAs, and Society of Louisiana CPAs
• Corporate anti-fraud trainer, instructing law firms, accounting firms, and insurance companies on best practices related to fraud management, fraud prevention, and fraud detection and investigation