• Hired Guns Can Keep Identity Thieves Away

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Stan Miller Sometimes, technology privacy and security are so important that you bring in a hired gun to make sure you are adequately protected against the forces of evil on the Internet and beyond. Ben Sherwood, […]

  • Women of Influence Awards

    The Business Journal By Marci Pelzer White-collar crooks, beware. Sequence Inc., Tracy Coenen’s nearly 3-year-old forensic accounting business, has grown 300 percent in 2002. It’s as if she looked into a crystal ball and saw the fates of Enron, Tyco […]

  • Workplace Fraud

    The evening newscast featured Tracy Coenen giving her expert opinion on occupational fraud and abuse. A fraud committed by an employee of restaurateur Johnny Vassallo prompted the story, to raise awareness of the issue. [jwplayer config=”myplayer” file=”http://www.sequenceinc.com/videos/workplacefraud.flv” image=”http://www.sequenceinc.com/images/videos/workplacevid.jpg”] Text Version: […]

  • Do the Prosecution Thing

    The Business Journal of Milwaukee By Kathy Bergstrom Johnny Vassallo wants to send a message in his pursuit of a forgery case against his former employee. Rather than simply firing his bookkeeper and seeking restitution, Vassallo, owner of Mo’s, A […]

  • CPAs Magnify Their Interest in Forensics

    The Wisconsin CPA – Excerpts from Cover Story By Amy Gaeth, Managing Editor Many people consider fraud and litigation to be unpleasant business. A growing number of Wisconsin CPAs are willingly getting involved in these areas, however. CPAs’ reputation for […]

  • CPA, Detective, or Both?

    The Biz – A publication of The Business Journal By Becca Mader Tracy Coenen is both a certified public accountant (CPA) and a detective, of sorts. She is a forensic accountant. Looking beyond the numbers, Coenen digs into records, asks […]

  • Who You Gonna Call? Fraudbusters!

    Commerce – Newsletter of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce By Margaret Kealty Do you think you’ve been cheated or ripped off? Before you go sprinting off to Judge Judy, you may want to give Tracy Coenen a call. Coenen, […]

  • The Gumshoe of CPAs: Forensic Accountants Look Beyond the Financials

    Business Journal By Becca Mader Like many certified public accountants, Tracy Coenen works with numbers, but her focus is on digging into records, asking questions, looking behind the numbers and finding missing links. She is a sleuth — an accounting […]

  • Private Eye: Forensic Accountant Dissects Financial Problems for Clients

    Small Business Times By Susan Nord Tracy Coenen doesn’t view herself as conventional. “I have a quirky personality,” Coenen says of herself. “And for those people that have known me a long time, they all say, ‘You know, I always […]