{"id":4628,"date":"2026-06-16T13:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/?p=4628"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:04:06","slug":"feliciano-professor-jim-digabriele-advances-forensic-accounting-research-and-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/2026\/06\/16\/feliciano-professor-jim-digabriele-advances-forensic-accounting-research-and-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Feliciano Professor Jim DiGabriele Advances Forensic Accounting Research and Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=digabrielej\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James DiGabriele<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Professor of Accounting and Finance at the Feliciano School of Business, was recently featured in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/montclairlocal.news\/2026\/04\/montclair-schools-reduce-audit-funding-despite-scathing-financial-report\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Montclair Local<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> discussing financial oversight and forensic auditing in relation to the Montclair Public School District&#8217;s ongoing budget challenges. The article examines the district&#8217;s decision to reduce planned funding for a forensic audit while questions remain regarding a reported multimillion-dollar budget deficit and financial management practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As an expert in forensic accounting, fraud examination, and financial investigations, DiGabriele provided professional insight into the role forensic audits can play in identifying the causes of financial irregularities and strengthening accountability. His comments helped explain how forensic accounting differs from a traditional financial audit, highlighting the importance of detailed investigations when organizations seek to better understand the factors contributing to significant financial discrepancies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DiGabriele&#8217;s expertise in forensic accounting has made him a respected voice on issues involving financial transparency, fraud detection, and organizational governance. Through both his academic research and professional practice, he continues to contribute to important public discussions surrounding financial oversight and accountability. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James DiGabriele, Professor of Accounting and Finance at the Feliciano School of Business, was recently featured in Montclair Local discussing financial oversight and forensic auditing in relation to the Montclair Public School District&#8217;s ongoing budget challenges. The article examines the district&#8217;s decision to reduce planned funding for a forensic audit while questions remain regarding a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":4630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accounting-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4629,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628\/revisions\/4629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}