Former IRS Agent - Forensic Accountant CPA & CFE

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Carla is a forensic accountant and former IRS Revenue Agent with over 15 years of investigative experience. She is the founder of Blake Files Forensic Solutions, a boutique forensic accounting practice serving attorneys and clients nationwide. Ms. Blake works on divorce and family law matters, including asset tracing, hidden income analysis, lifestyle assessments, and retirement account division. She also provides expert analysis and testimony in fraud investigations, embezzlement cases, elder financial exploitation, and business disputes. At the IRS, Ms. Blake served in several areas including the Special Enforcement Program (SEP), Indian Tribal Governments (ITG), and Abusive Transaction Investigations (ATI). She collaborated with the Department of Justice and IRS Chief Counsel on financial cases involving abusive transactions, promoter schemes, tax fraud, and preparer misconduct. Earlier in her career, she conducted hundreds of examinations of individuals and businesses in the Small Business/Self-Employed division, often serving as a cooperating agent to IRS Criminal Investigation. Her professional background also includes private-sector leadership roles as a Regional Controller in the title insurance industry, Compliance Manager for NASBA’s Registry of CPE Sponsors, and premium auditor in the workers’ compensation insurance field. She has over a decade of experience teaching accounting and tax at the college level. Ms. Blake is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Virginia and Tennessee and a Certified Fraud Examiner. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA), and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).