DELOITTE FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES announced that long-time Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney Howard A. Scheck joined its forensic and dispute services practice. Scheck is based in Washington.
Scheck will work closely with law firms, corporate counsel and audit committees in conducting investigations arising from civil and criminal enforcement inquiries, as well as private lawsuits.
He served as a branch chief in the SEC's division of enforcement, where he supervised professional staff in conducting investigations into possible violations of the federal securities laws.
"Howard is a certified public accountant and an attorney who brings invaluable experience in investigating and evaluating allegations of accounting fraud, internal controls violations and disclosure failures to our expanding practice," says William O'Connell, national service line leader of Deloitte FAS's Forensic & Dispute Services practice.
During his 11 years at the SEC, Scheck participated in prosecuting more than 25 enforcement actions related to accounting fraud, market manipulation, offering fraud and insider trading.
Scheck wrote the enforcement division's internal training guide for conducting accounting fraud investigations and used it as a basis for helping enforcement staff to conduct both formal and informal inquiries.
While at the SEC, Scheck investigated a range of accounting and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act-related cases, involving revenue recognition, expense recognition, internal controls and disclosure issues involving software, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, consumer goods, insurance and Internet companies.
