Albert J. Meyer was a forensic accountant and investor who is credited with uncovering fraud at the Foundation for New Era Philanthropy,[1] one of the largest ponzi schemes in U.S. history, as well as notable accounting irregularities at several large public companies.
[3] Meyer started his career as a forensic accountant and spent 15 years as an accounting professor, including five years at Spring Arbor University.
[5] Meyer investigated New Era while working as an accounting professor at Spring Arbor University in the mid-1990s.
[6] Subsequently, Meyer detected accounting irregularities at Tyco International in 1999,[4] which ultimately led to the conviction and imprisonment of CEO Dennis Kozlowski.
He also brought to light accounting issues at Coca-Cola[7] and Enron.