# AI Automation for Fraud Investigation

> Custom AI workflows built specifically for fraud investigation: deep integrations with the IDEA stack, accounting & tax-grade privacy, and workflows that pay back in weeks, not years.

- **Industry:** Accounting & Tax
- **Primary role:** [Forensic Accountant](https://calish.com/workflows/for/forensic-accountant/)
- **Canonical URL:** https://calish.com/workflows/specialty/fraud-investigation/

## The Fraud Investigation Stack

- [IDEA](https://calish.com/workflows/tool/idea/)
- [ACL Analytics](https://calish.com/workflows/tool/acl-analytics/)
- [Relativity](https://calish.com/workflows/tool/relativity/)
- [Excel](https://calish.com/workflows/tool/excel/)
- [Tableau](https://calish.com/workflows/tool/tableau/)

## Workflows for Fraud Investigation

- [Payroll Variance & Exception Review for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/payroll-variance-and-exception-review-for-forensic-accountant/) — AI diffs each payroll run against the prior period, flags any variance over 5% or unusual one-time items, and holds them for approval — payr
- [Tax Notice & Agency Correspondence for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/tax-notice-and-agency-correspondence-for-forensic-accountant/) — AI classifies every incoming notice, links it to the client file in IDEA, drafts the response, and calendars the deadline — no notice slips 
- [Ledger Reconstruction for Investigations for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/ledger-reconstruction-for-investigations-for-forensic-accountant/) — AI ingests bank feeds, statements, and IDEA data, rebuilds a clean transaction timeline, and flags suspicious patterns — investigators start
- [Financial Due Diligence Prep for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/financial-due-diligence-prep-for-forensic-accountant/) — AI standardizes TB data across periods, builds the QoE model, identifies add-backs with source-document evidence, and drafts the data-book —
- [13-Week Cash Flow Forecast for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/13-week-cash-flow-forecast-for-forensic-accountant/) — AI rebuilds the 13-week forecast nightly from live data, flags any week projected to go below minimum cash, and emails the owner with recomm
- [Operating KPI Dashboard for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/operating-kpi-dashboard-for-forensic-accountant/) — AI pipes KPIs from IDEA and every other system into a live dashboard, writes weekly commentary on movement, and sends an exception summary —
- [Time Entry & WIP Capture for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/time-entry-and-wip-capture-for-forensic-accountant/) — AI watches calendar, email, and IDEA activity, drafts timesheet entries per matter, and asks only for ambiguous slices — realization rate cl
- [Client Onboarding for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/client-onboarding-for-forensic-accountant/) — AI drafts the engagement letter, generates a tailored document-request list for the client's Fraud Investigation profile, chases missing ite

## Tool Comparisons

- [IDEA vs ACL Analytics for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/compare/idea-vs-acl-analytics-for-forensic-accountant/)
- [IDEA vs Relativity for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/compare/idea-vs-relativity-for-forensic-accountant/)
- [IDEA vs Excel for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/compare/idea-vs-excel-for-forensic-accountant/)
- [IDEA vs Tableau for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/compare/idea-vs-tableau-for-forensic-accountant/)
- [ACL Analytics vs Relativity for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/compare/acl-analytics-vs-relativity-for-forensic-accountant/)
- [ACL Analytics vs Excel for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/compare/acl-analytics-vs-excel-for-forensic-accountant/)
- [ACL Analytics vs Tableau for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/compare/acl-analytics-vs-tableau-for-forensic-accountant/)
- [Relativity vs Excel for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/compare/relativity-vs-excel-for-forensic-accountant/)
- [Relativity vs Tableau for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/compare/relativity-vs-tableau-for-forensic-accountant/)
- [Excel vs Tableau for Forensic Accountants](https://calish.com/workflows/compare/excel-vs-tableau-for-forensic-accountant/)

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