Forensic Accounting
Specialist, integrated teams around the globe advising on a wide range of matters.
We combine forensic accounting and investigative experience with cutting edge data mining technology to help our clients effectively handle cross-border investigations, disputes and compliance objectives.
Unlike traditional accounting firms, we operate purely in the forensic space and generally have no conflicts. We counsel clients involved in disputes, anti-corruption enforcement responses, anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CTF), audit negligence, damage valuations and penalty calculations. We are experts in analyzing large, complex transactional data sets, with experience working on projects encompassing decades of data and money flows.
Our Experience
Our Experience
Awards and Recognition
Awards and Recognition
Companies we've worked with
Companies we've worked with
What our clients say
Client Reference
What our clients say
What our clients say
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What our clients say
How we can help
International, market-leading expertise
We have delivered critical evidence to regulators and clients that rely on our experience in complex, long-tail transactional analysis, anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) investigations, disputes, regulatory probes, disgorgements, sanctions, debarment, AML and terror financing cases.
Our highly skilled and sophisticated leaders and team members are forensic accountants, former investment bankers, financial and data analysts, legal and litigation support professionals, database architects, electronic discovery and collection experts, software engineers, and certified computer examiners.
International Recognition & Credibility
As internationally recognized specialists in multi-jurisdictional investigations, we bring a high level of confidence to clients facing serious issues by providing clear, robust, and candid advice that is trusted by clients, regulators, courts, and enforcement agencies.
Our leaders and team members include professionals with regulatory body and law enforcement agency experience including individuals who have worked for the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Expertise
Investigations
Specialist, integrated teams experienced in international, high-stake investigations and regulatory inquiries.
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Experienced monitors and trusted partners throughout all stages of a corporate compliance monitorship.
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Multi-disciplinary expertise helping to anticipate and resolve a range of disputes.
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Trusted globally by companies, law firms and regulators to uphold the highest standards in regulatory and compliance risk management.
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Investigating, resolving and minimizing the risk of corporate fraud with forensic insight and data-driven solutions.
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Independent and multi-disciplinary advice for organisations and external counsel on governance, enforcement actions and regulatory compliance.
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Multi-disciplinary advice for financial institutions and corporations on internal investigations, enforcement actions and regulatory compliance.
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Independent professionals with extensive accounting, regulatory compliance, and investigative experience.
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Supporting our clients in rising to ESG challenges, taking ESG opportunities and managing associated risks.
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Experts in tracing misappropriated funds and identifying assets, helping to bolster legal positions and investigative strategy.
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Experts in tracing cryptocurrency assets and providing cryptocurrency industries with compliance advisory and risk mitigation advice.
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Monitorships
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Disputes
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Advisory
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Data and Technology
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Integrated Data & Technology
In today's digital age, investigations often involve large volumes of data from an ever-growing variety of sources in multiple locations. At FRA, we work quickly to secure evidence, rapidly deploying teams to most jurisdictions, to forensically collect evidence in a targeted and defensible manner.
We are experts in analyzing complex data, possessing particular experience in using innovative technologies and methodologies to extract meaningful insights and navigate data issues which arise from regional data protection as well as state and commercial secrecy laws.
Integrated Data & Technology
In today's digital age, investigations often involve large volumes of data from an ever-growing variety of sources in multiple locations. At FRA, we work quickly to secure evidence, rapidly deploying teams to most jurisdictions, to forensically collect evidence in a targeted and defensible manner.
We are experts in analyzing complex data, possessing particular experience in using innovative technologies and methodologies to extract meaningful insights and navigate data issues which arise from regional data protection as well as state and commercial secrecy laws.
Holocaust Restitution Claims Administration
FRA was retained separately by Swiss and German authorities to build claims administration systems for hundreds of thousands of holocaust survivors, facilitating the disbursement of hundreds of millions of dollars over five years. These were among firm's first engagements after our founding at the turn of the century.
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Pro Bono Anti-Fraud Training for the IFRC
Members of our forensic accounting and data analytics teams delivered quarterly virtual training sessions for staff in relevant roles across the 192 National Societies of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
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NFT Marketplace Controls
As Head of Regulatory Affairs at a well-known gaming company, an FRA partner led the development of AML and Fraud controls to protect the company's Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Marketplace.
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Entain
FRA supports Entain's £585 million groundbreaking settlement with Crown Prosecution Service.
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Cryptocurrency Exchange Collusion
When a new cryptocurrency experienced sudden delisting from multiple exchanges, their Counsel urgently engaged an FRA partner to help investigate potential antitrust or collusive behavior.
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Cryptocurrency Exchange Collapse Due to Fraud
FRA was retained by external Counsel to represent multiple clients under investigation by the Southern District of New York (SDNY) in connection with the downfall of a prominent cryptocurrency exchange.
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Cryptocurrency Exchange FCC Review
FRA assisted a major cryptocurrency organization to address the financial crime regulator's concerns about their Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) and Sanctions compliance.
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Nordic Telecommunications Company
FRA was instructed by Telia Company (market cap: over $17 billion) and its counsel in the UK, US, the Nordics and Holland to provide forensic accounting and eDiscovery consulting services in the investigation of the Scandinavian telecoms company.
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APT Group Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
Reacting to cyber attacks by an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group on critical US infrastructure, an FRA Director conducted thorough and sophisticated cryptocurrency asset tracing to identify and disrupt the group's activities.
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International Not-for-Profit Organization
FRA was approached to provide pro bono support to a not-for-profit organization that had identified potential anomalies in its accounting and banking records.
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Bank Leumi
FRA was engaged to support the monitorship of an Israeli bank and its subsidiaries, who between 2000 and 2011 were found to have wilfully assisted US clients in opening and maintaining undeclared accounts in a foreign country, and concealing offshore assets and income from authorities.
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Technip
Following the imposition of a monitor in a joint resolution by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Technip retained FRA to review the company’s anti-bribery measures and export control compliance program, provide forensic accounting and eDiscovery services and train the client’s internal audit staff to autonomously conduct future internal reviews.
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Expert Witness to the Quebec Superior Court
FRA provided pro-bono support to a Canadian individual who brought a case to the Quebec Superior Court to challenge the Canadian Criminal Code law that allows police officers to make traffic stops without suspecting any offence being committed.
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Sanctions and the Russia-Ukraine War
An FRA expert was responsible for monitoring and investigating cryptocurrency sanctions exposure originating from the Russia-Ukraine war to protect customers from sanctions violations.
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Illicit Online Marketplace
An FRA Director led an investigation into a nefarious online marketplace, applying complex data analysis resulting in the arrest of numerous cybercriminals selling illicit goods and services.
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Airbus
FRA advised Airbus and its counsel from the early stages in designing a robust and forensically based approach to the investigation, customising a data governance strategy alongside compliance risk assessment and remediation support, as well as the eventual fine calculation.
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Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce plc, the UK-based manufacturer and distributor of power systems for the aerospace, defense, marine and energy sectors, was under investigation by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Brazilian authorities in relation to an alleged long-running scheme to bribe government
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Cryptocurrency Terrorism Financing
An FRA expert provided critical support to the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, in connection with a multi-agency task force uncovering cryptocurrency terrorist financing. Their efforts led to the most significant US seizure of cryptocurrency to date.
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Multinational Oil and Gas Extraction Company
FRA was retained by counsel to assist a client performing a due diligence exercise in connection with purchasing an oil and gas producer in West Africa.
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Multinational Transport Engineering Company
FRA was retained by US counsel to Alstom (market cap: over $10 billion) to assist with defending a US securities class action suit. The case involved allegations around export credit financing of a division that Alstom had sold to a third party.
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