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William Michael Burns is a manager with Daylight in its New York office. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) and a certified fraud examiner (CFE) with 29 years of professional experience involving financial statement audits, forensic accounting and law enforcement. Michael has provided auditing, forensic accounting and dispute analysis services to clients in the banking, financial services, and construction industries.

Michael has managed numerous investigations involving asset tracing for hedge funds and financial lending institutions. Michaels’ engagements have involved sophisticated loan schemes which included concealing credit delinquencies, falsifying financial contracts and subverting the Company's internal controls and reporting systems. Michael also provided his forensic accounting expertise supporting independent monitors supervising the recovery effort at the World Trade Center site subsequent to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Before joining Daylight Forensic, Michael was a manager at the New York forensic practice of a "Big Four" public accounting firm. He has managed high profile litigation support cases involving the interpretation and application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and compliance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards.

Michael earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Pace University. He has passed the certified public accountant examination and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist.

Prior to entering the public accounting field, Michael conducted numerous investigations while working in the Organized Crime Control Bureau of the New York City Police Department.

Michael earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Pace University. He is a licensed certified public accountant (CPA) in New York State and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.