EP: 172.23 - Unveiling hidden assets, securing fairness. Discover the power of a forensic accountant in divorce proceedings with Emile Flowers, CDLP® and Krista Shelton

Divorce Podcast with the Divorce Lending Association

Please join Emile Flowers, CDLP® with the Divorce Lending Association as she interviews Forensic Accountant, Krista Shelton.
Krista Shelton is the President of Focused Forensic Solutions, LLC, a forensic
accounting and fraud investigation firm. FFS specializes in organizing and analyzing
complex financial and other relevant data and providing results in accurate and timely
summaries and reports. Krista is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Internal Revenue Service Enrolled Agent (EA).
Prior to forming FFS, Krista Shelton served as a Special Agent with the Internal
Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation for nearly 10 years, where she investigated
potential violations of the Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes, including
money laundering and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act.
As a Special Agent, Krista examined and analyzed vast amounts of complex financial
data from diverse domestic and international sources. She has conducted numerous
witness and subject interviews and participated in surveillance, undercover operations,
execution of warrants, searches for physical and digital evidence, and seizures of
contraband and assets obtained from illicit activities. Her roles also included preparing
workpapers and reports to document evidence and identify applicable laws. Krista made prosecution recommendations to the United States Attorney’s Office and to the
Department of Justice—Tax Division, assisted in preparing cases for trial, and testified
as a Government witness.
Krista also led a financial crimes task force responsible for evaluating confidential
reports filed by financial institutions. The task force included representatives from
numerous local, state, and federal regulatory and law enforcement agencies. As part of
her duties, Krista also trained members of this task force on reviewing financial records
and conducting financial investigations.
Prior to becoming a Special Agent, Krista served as an Internal Revenue Agent in the
Small Business/Self-Employed Division of the Internal Revenue Service. As a Revenue
Agent, she conducted independent examinations and related investigations of Federal Income Tax Returns that covered individual and small business taxpayers. Krista
identified issues based on large, unusual, or questionable items which produced
significant tax or compliance effect and utilized the facts and appropriate tax law to
resolve them. She applied the Internal Revenue Code, regulations, rulings, court
decisions, and agency policies and conducted extensive research o

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