Speaking
Robert brings real case experience from 20 years at IRS Criminal Investigation to CPA societies, fraud examiners, tax professionals and attorneys. Sessions are practical, plain-spoken and built around how cases actually unfold.
Organizations Robert has presented for
Popular topics
- Inside an IRS criminal tax case — how IRS-CI picks, builds and proves a case, and what that means for your clients
- The report is the case — writing forensic accounting reports that hold up under cross-examination
- Looking for fraud? Start with the most trusted person — how embezzlement hides in plain sight
- Payroll taxes gone wrong — trust fund penalties, personal liability and when payroll problems turn criminal
- Erase the penalty — practical IRS penalty abatement for tax professionals
- Following the money — shell companies, offshore accounts and money laundering red flags
- Ethics for tax practitioners — Circular 230 and the lines professionals must not cross
See Robert in action
Locked In with Ian Bick · August 2026
Recent engagements
- ACFCS Money Laundering Awareness Week — panelist, “Shell Companies and Offshore Accounts: Unmasking the Hidden Flow of Illicit Funds” (2026)
- Boon Tax Educators — “Criminal Tax Investigation: From Referral to Resolution” (2026)
- Tax Rep Network — panelist, “The Criminal Tax Case: From Start to Finish” (2026)
- ACFE 37th Annual Global Fraud Conference — featured video interview (2026)
- The Summit, Scottsdale, AZ — “Confessions of an IRS Auditor” (2026)
- Ohio Society of CPAs, Fraud and Forensics Conference — “The Report Is the Case” (2026)
- Connecticut Society of CPAs, Mega A&A Conference — “Looking for Fraud? Start with the Most Trusted Person” (2026)
- AICPA Forensic Accounting Conference — criminal tax panels (2023 and 2025)
- North Carolina Society of Enrolled Agents — penalty abatement and court-approved methods of proof (2025)
- Woodard Scaling New Heights — “Integrating Forensic Accounting” (2025)
- National Association of Tax Professionals — penalty abatement, cryptocurrency, false returns and payroll taxes (2024–2025)
- Ohio Society of CPAs — “Money Laundering 101 for CPAs” (2023–2025)
- Accountant/Lawyer Alliance — cryptocurrency, false tax returns and court-approved methods of proof (2021–2025)
- Georgia Society of CPAs — “Forensic Accounting: Fraud Investigations,” part of the AICPA forensic accounting program (2024)
- Thomson Reuters Synergy Conference — “Criminal Tax Investigations: How Return Preparers Go to IRS Prison” (2023)
- Eastern Bankruptcy Institute, Myrtle Beach, SC — “Finding Assets” and “Forensic Accounting in Bankruptcy” (2023)
- Minnesota Society of CPAs — cryptocurrency enforcement, false tax returns and the life cycle of a criminal tax investigation (2021–2022)
- North Carolina Association of CPAs, Greensboro, NC — “False Tax Returns: How CPAs and Their Clients Go to Prison” (2021)
- American Society of Tax Problem Solvers, Dallas, TX — “Unpaid Payroll Taxes: The Quickest Way to Prison” (2021)
- North Carolina Bar Association — “How a Civil Tax Case Becomes a Criminal Fraud Investigation” (2021)
- CPAacademy.org — nationwide webinars and self-study courses. Across all platforms, more than 18,000 professionals have attended Robert’s courses.
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Email robert@nordlandercpa.com or call (336) 421-2392 with your event date, audience and topic.