Craig Hannaford

About Craig Hannaford

Craig Hannaford is the former head of the RCMP Commercial Crime Section and of the RCMP's Stock Market Fraud Section. Craig is a Licensed Private Investigator, is a CPA (Chartered Professional Accountant) and a CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner). Craig also has his Masters of Science in Economic Crime Management and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.

Craig has been a Senior Investigator at Haywood Hunt & Associates Inc. since March 2019 focusing on commercial fraud, civil litigation support, investigative accounting, asset searches and miscellaneous problem solving.

Entries by Craig Hannaford

Ethical Leadership in Business: How to Deal with Dilemmas

July 13, 2020 in Corporate, Fraud /by Craig Hannaford

Remember Sherron Watkins? You might not. It’s been almost two decades since Watkins was the vice-president of corporate development at the disgraced Enron energy company, but today is most often referred to as its whistleblower. A certified public accountant with a master’s degree in professional accounting from the University of Texas, Watkins joined Enron after working for the poster child of accounting fraud, auditing firm Arthur Andersen, for eight years.

Deception in Financial Statements

June 11, 2020 in Blog, Corporate, Fraud /by Craig Hannaford

Financial statement fraud is the deliberate misrepresentation of the financial condition of an enterprise. Its intent is to deceive financial statements users (e.g., shareholders, creditors, regulators). It has many forms and guises, but is perpetrated through intentional misstatements or omissions of amounts in financial statements. It occurs in large publicly traded companies. It occurs in small family-owned firms.

If You Don’t Hit the Numbers You’re Fired!!!

May 27, 2020 in Blog, Corporate /by Craig Hannaford

There are many other roles and responsibilities for a CFO. But what happens when in doing his or her job, the CFO’s duties and professional responsibilities come into conflict with other senior executives?