BKD To Present For Kansas City Institute of Internal Auditors

Online, April 4, 2012 (Newswire.com) - BKD Forensics & Valuation Services, a division of BKD, LLP, is pleased to announce that Angela Morelock will be presenting for the Kansas City Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors. Her presentation "Fraud: Lessons from the Trenches," will focus on trends in occupational fraud, conducting a fraud investigation, financial statement fraud and internal audit's role in fraud prevention and detection.

Morelock leads BKD's forensic accounting and investigations team, providing fraud investigation and prevention, complex litigation support and forensic accounting services for a variety of business clients. Angela and her team have investigated some of the largest fraud cases in the United States. Her clients include the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office.

She is a certified fraud examiner (CFE), certified in financial forensics (CFF), and Certified Forensic Accountant® (Cr.FA®) as well as a CPA. Angela has an extensive background in business valuation, and in 1998, earned the AICPA's Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) designation.

An avid public speaker, Angela is a frequent lecturer at national conferences and other business group meetings. Her educational sessions on white-collar crime receive high audience ratings. In 2008, Angela was chosen by Midwest CEO Magazine as one of the area's "Most Influential Women." In 2009, Angela was chosen by the Springfield Business Journal as one of the area's "20 Most Influential Women."

The presentation will take place on April 5, 2012 from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at The Clubhouse on Baltimore, Kansas City, MO.

BKD Forensics & Valuation Services, a division of BKD, LLP, have been assisting organizations and attorneys for more than 80 years, regarding fraud investigations, litigation support, and damage calculations, as well as business valuations, computer forensics and electronic data discovery.

BKD Forensics & Valuation services include Business Interruption Claims, Business Valuations, BKD Forensics Institute, Computer Forensics, Fraud Investigation & Prevention, Litigation Support and Strategic Insolvency & Bankruptcy.