Litigation Services
Practice Areas With Examples - Fraud

• Conduct interviews to gather information
      Interview claimants in insurance fraud cases and parties in employee theft cases
      Question witnesses relevant to the case
  
• Determine financial loss incurred
      Assist in preparation of insurance claims for recovery of losses
      Determine amount of theft or other fraud
  
• Develop effective preventive measures
      Develop physical access controls and procedures
      Recommend improvements to the system of internal accounting controls
  
• Discover and document facts and evidence for litigation or prosecution
      Locate and preserve documents
      Prepare written expert witness report of investigation
  
• Examine and investigate information accuracy and completeness
      Examine correctness of bonding applications
      Inspect bid proposals for accuracy
      Review financial affidavits for discrepancies
  
• Identify control weaknesses and exposures
      Ascertain whether additional controls could have prevented loss
      Determine how controls were bypassed
  
• Independent analysis of data for business valuations
      Analysis of expense reports and credit cards
      Investigate for diverted sales receipts
      Review for inflated expenses
  
• Investigate suspected fraudulent activity
      Decipher financial statement schemes
      Pursue employee fraud
      Trace illicit financial transactions
  
• Locate and assist in recovery of missing assets
      Ascertain identities of third parties involved
      Locate funds converted into other assets
      Trace location of stolen funds
  
• Project impact of fraud
      Analysis for lost sales, customer goodwill, and impact on profits and cash flow
  
• Recommend fraud detection approaches and systems
      Improve systems of accounting and cash controls
  
• Reconstruct altered or destroyed records
      Restore lost or altered computer records
  
• Trace funds relating to fraud over an extended time period
      Perform statistical analysis of trends
      Review reconstructed records for past frauds

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