Fraud

We have considerable experience in conducting financial investigations to identify and quantify incidents of fraud as well as advising clients how to minimise their exposure to the risk of fraud.

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Forensic Accounting Support Across the Full Spectrum of Financial Crime

Fraud Investigations

We provide assistance in the investigation of fraud, accounting ‘black holes’, regulatory breaches, employee misconduct and other financial crime.  We also assist with investigating and resolving issues or internal reviews, whether these be complex, contentious disputes or employee matters. 

Anti-corruption and Money Laundering

We can assist with all aspects of anti-bribery, from developing policies and procedures to investigating bribery risk and exposure and advising on remedial action.  We can also assist clients to develop protocols to reduce the risk of money laundering through their business.  

In the event of suspected of money laundering we can trace money flows, both back to source and the ultimate use thereof.

Criminal 

We assist prosecuting authorities investigate allegations of fraud and other economic crime.  We also undertake work for defence solicitors whose clients face charges of financial and/or professional wrongdoing and confiscation proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act.  More details of our criminal work can be found here. 

Our Services

Expert witness services.
Advisory services to prepare not-for-disclosure and disclosable letters and reports to assist our clients to negotiate a settlement. 
Preliminary review of documents to identify the most significant aspects of the case and to highlight key areas for further investigation or key documents that should be requested.
Bank account analysis to trace the sources of banking deposits and identifying unexplained expenditure and transfers to both identified and unidentified accounts.

Examples of Experience

  • Appointed by the Crown as accounting expert witness in R v Mills, Bancroft & Others a high profile fraud/money laundering case involving bank funds and turnaround consultants; known in the press as the “HBOS Reading Fraud”, Geoff was in the witness box for eight days.
  • Carrying out fraud risk assessment, fraud awareness and fraud risk management engagements with companies and not-for-profit organisations across a range of different sectors.
  • Instructed to investigate a solicitor accused of teeming and lading client account monies at a solicitor’s practice and report to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
  • Investigation into misuse of company funds by the chairman of the board of a manufacturing business, including appointment of family members in strategic positions in the company.
  • Engaged as advisor by a family member to review bank statements of a vulnerable elderly parent to analyse spending made by the person holding Power of Attorney on financial matters.
  • Engaged to identify the net worth of a farmer in order to pay restoration costs for the destruction of a protected river running through his farm.
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