Forensic Accounting and Investigations

Owner managers of smaller managed entities often rely upon the trust of their employees and on informal controls to safeguard business assets. But a weak control environment presents the greatest opportunity for ‘insider fraud’. Our specialists have expertise in undertaking controls reviews specifically with a view to making recommendations aimed at mitigating the risk of fraud.

If you or your business becomes a victim of fraud, we can help investigate the causes by reviewing accounting records and interviewing people with knowledge of the transactions concerned. We have considerable expertise at reconstructing accounting records to show an accurate picture of an entity’s financial affairs, including analysing bank and asset records and tracing the flow of funds. Our reports will help identify evidence for you to present to solicitors and the courts and can help in estimating amounts lost for recovery purposes.

We can provide support as you manage the effect on staff morale and the external publicity, and we can work with you and your lawyers as prosecutions and recovery actions progress.