Forensic Services

Has your business experienced a financial fraud?

Such an event can be disastrous for a business if not acted upon quickly to prevent further fraud from occurring and to recover assets.

If you suspect that a fraud has occurred, you should hire a consultant who possesses specialized forensic investigation experience to assist you.

Forensic Services Team

Our Forensic Services Team includes five professionals who specialize in providing investigative services making our practice one of the largest in Virginia.

Our experience includes serving as the financial consultants and experts for the largest personal fraud ever committed in Virginia (an international prime bank investment fraud totaling over $70 million), as well as one of the largest employee embezzlements (a $15 million theft from a publicly traded company).

Members of our team are certified by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, have received specialized training in computer security, have served as instructors for a nationally-ranked graduate business school on fraud and forensic accounting, and speak frequently at conferences and seminars.

Our expertise includes:

Planning the investigation

Assisting with discovery and obtaining evidence, including interviewing witnesses, analysis of documents, and searching of public records

Performing computer forensic analysis to identify questionable transactions and recover documents

Determining how a theft was perpetrated

Determining how a theft was concealed

Determining how assets were converted and tracing asset disposition

Quantifying damages

Preparing of demonstrative exhibits for trial

Preparing expert reports

Presenting expert witness testimony

Assisting with insurance claims

Identifying potential assets for recovery

Assisting with determining required restatements to financial statements and tax reporting issues

Developing recommendations for improvement of internal controls

Financial Investigation Services:

Employee embezzlement

Management fraud

Investment scams

Vendor fraud

Customer fraud

Miscellaneous