Mark J. Nigrini
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| Born | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
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University of Cincinnati (PhD) University of Stellenbosch (M.B.A.) University of Cape Town B.Com (Hons) |
| Occupation | Assistant Professor of Accounting at West Virginia University |
| Known for | Research related to Benford's Law |
Mark J. Nigrini, born in Cape Town, South Africa, is a faculty member at the College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University in Morgantown in the US state of West Virginia. Nigrini is best known for his work on using Benford's Law as an auditing and accounting tool to detect anomalies in company data.
He is the author of Forensic Analytics which describes tests to detect fraud, errors, estimates, and biases in financial data and he is also the author of Benford's Law. Benford’s Law gives the expected patterns of the digits in tabulated data and it has been used by auditors and scientists to detect anomalies in tabulated data.
His academic papers have been published in Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory,The Journal of the American Taxation Association, The Journal of Forensic Accounting,The Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, and others. Other applied papers have been published in journals such as Mathematical Geology,The International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, and The International Journal of Algebra. His practitioner papers have been published in journals such as IEEE Potentials,Internal Auditor, and the Journal of Accountancy. Nigrini serves on the Executive Editorial Board of the International Journal of Disclosure and Governance and also of the Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting.
Nigrini's forensic work has been referenced in the national media including The Financial Times,The New York Times,The Wall Street Journal,The Globe and Mail, and New Scientist. His work has also been featured in foreign language publications such as Der Spiegel. His radio interviews have included the BBC in London, and NPR in the United States. His television interviews have included appearances on NBC's Extra and The Investigation Discovery Channel for their series on Evil Twins.
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