Forensics Audits and Dreaming

Helgard Petrus Coetser, born into a European family living in South Africa, grew up in an idyllic home: His mom was a homemaker, his father was an accountant, and he had three siblings.

In this memoir, he recalls his childhood and how he marched up the accounting ranks, working on a number of fascinating cases as a forensic auditor.

After finishing his articles at PWC Helgard worked for ten years as a forensic auditor at Absa Bank, Anglo American and KPMG. He worked for he worked for a government agency for nineteen years, joining in 2001 as a criminal investigator. Having never even applied for a job there, it is almost as if he was destined to work there.

One of his career highlights involved looking into an international money laundering scheme, which ended with the culprits pleading guilty. The scheme involved moving millions every month. All the stolen money was recovered.

The author also participated in a successful investigation into a international crime syndicate operating in South Africa and numerous other cases.