Jonathan Cooperman - Farber's Fraud Expert on IAAR Panel in Las Vegas
Posted by Andre Mazerolle on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 @ 02:16 PM
Jonathan Cooperman, HBA, CA•CIRP, CSAR, Leader of the Fraud, Forensic & Asset Recovery practice at Farber Financial Group will be a panelist at the Third Annual IAAR (International Association of Asset Recovery) Conference on November 17, 2011 in Las Vegas.
How Trustees, Receivers and Monitors Use Their Special Powers and Tools to Trace and Recover Assets Worldwide
Most countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, others in Europe, Latin America and elsewhere authorize the appointment of receivers, trustees, monitors and other officeholders to pick up the pieces after a fraud collapses or company goes bankrupt or the government takes over a company controlled by criminals. They sift through the wreckage and embark on the mission of recovering assets for victims, the bankrupt estate, the government and others. These fiduciaries usually have extraordinary powers. Recent marquee cases show success and failure in their difficult ventures. What do they do? How do they get appointed? How do they pick their team members? What happens when they clash with prosecutors? How is their pay determined? Who pays? How do they take and preserve assets? In this panel, top experts who have operated in the public and private sectors answer these and other vital questions.
Besides Jonathan, the other panelists are James Earp, a Partner in the Recovery and Reorganisation Practice at Grant Thornton UK LLP; Kathy Bazoian Phelps, a Partner at Danning, Gill, Diamond & Kollitz, LLP, Los Angeles; and, Felicity Toube, QC, an English barrister at 3-4 South Square.
Farber Financial Group is pleased to offer, on behalf of IAAR, a $150 off the conference fee. Use courtesy code COOPERMAN when registering. There are four ways to register:
Click here to register, email memberservices@iaaronline.org, call 305-854-2345, or fax 786-316-0006. Mention the COOPERMAN code for a $150 discount.
About Jonathan Cooperman
Jonathan Cooperman, HBA, CA•CIRP, CSAR, is a Partner with Farber Financial Group. He is the leader of the Fraud, Forensic & Asset Recovery practice.
Jonathan focuses on uncovering and recovering assets for victims of fraud around the world, and helps resolve complex fraud schemes involving Canadian funds and assets. For example, he led the receivership team for a $100 million “tooth whitening” Ponzi scheme with activities in Costa Rica, Jamaica, Belize, California and Switzerland. With almost 30 years of insolvency, investigations and asset recovery experience, Jonathan is unique in that, unlike many other anti-fraud specialists, he is a licensed Trustee in Bankruptcy in Canada and often acts as a Court-Appointed Receiver with extensive powers in Canada and around the world as an officer of the Court. He can be called into a case by a law firm or another fraud investigator – such as a matrimonial or shareholder dispute, or a Ponzi scheme – where it is necessary to seize the assets of one of the parties and investigate the fraud.
Recently, Jonathan was the only Trustee in Bankruptcy quoted in an article called, “The Perils of Ponzis,” in the Forensics & Criminal Law Legal Report section of Canadian Lawyer magazine. Jonathan holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. He is also a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Insolvency and Restructuring Professional. Jonathan was the first Canadian to become certified by the IAAR as a Certified Specialist in Asset Recovery (CSAR).