Charles P. Elliott CPA, CFE
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Charles P. Elliott,
PC
Charles Elliott graduated from LaSalle University in 1974 with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Business Administration and with a major concentration of
study in the art of accounting. He administered the Workmen's Compensation
program for the City of Philadelphia, was a revenue examiner in the City of
Philadelphia Department of Revenue, and an economic crime investigation
specialist in the Philadelphia District Attorney's office. Has investigated
economic crime including employee theft, financial fraud, worker's compensation
fraud and municipal corruption. He has provided expert testimony in the United
States District court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Superior
Court in the State of New Jersey, and the Commonwealth of PA Court of Common
Pleas, criminal and civil division. Has written articles that have been
published in the White Paper and the Pennsylvania CPA Journal and is routinely
asked to present continuing education programs to CPAs and other professionals
in the areas of fraud, forensic accounting, and litigation services on behalf of
the PICPA. Is a member of the AICPA, PICPA and ACFE. He has served as the
chairman of the PICPA Committee on Forensic and Litigation Services, is the
co-chair of the PICPA Greater Philadelphia Chapter Committee on Cooperation with
the Bar and the PICPA Philadelphia Chapter Executive Committee. He is a member
of the LaSalle University Advisory Committee on Fraud and Forensic Accounting
and is a guest lecturer in the post-graduate Certificate Program in Fraud and
Forensic Accounting Has appeared on national television on two occasions as a
result of a successful investigation of adoption fraud using the internet, as
well as a spokesman for the PICPA in a matter related to consumer complaints
involving a national tax preparation company. He has participated in successful
prosecutions of municipal employees, recipients of public funds, officers of
charitable organizations and other individuals who violated their fiduciary
responsibilities. He has conducted criminal and civil investigations involving
employee theft, bankruptcy fraud, shareholder fraud, as well as regulatory
violations of post-secondary educational institutions. He has also investigated
money laundering and Patriot Act violations. He has two sons, Matthew and Peter.
Matthew holds a degree in Finance from LaSalle University and recently returned
from Al Anbar Province Iraq. Peter is an accounting major at LaSalle University
and plans to take over his father's practice sometime in the future. Charles
Elliott has maintained an accounting practice since 1976.
