Arianna is a Senior Associate in FRA’s forensic accounting team in Dubai. She has experience supporting investigations, litigation, due diligence, and eDiscovery, with particular focus on fraud, money laundering, bribery and corruption. ​

Arianna offers clients her unique combined expertise in forensic accounting and forensic technology, having worked in both teams since joining FRA in 2021. She has supported eDiscovery projects with numerous law firms for end clients in a variety of sectors, assisting them with document search and review using Relativity. Since transitioning to the forensic accounting team in 2023, she has focused on financial investigations and litigation support. Her recent experience includes:   ​

• Assisting the defendant in a shareholder dispute for a family-owned business in the Middle East, involving the tracing of USD 250 million across more than 200 companies in different jurisdictions. This also included calculating payments made to specific beneficiaries. ​
• Supporting a producer of copper and cobalt with an internal investigation into alleged misconduct in the DRC, including performing an email review and attending interviews. ​
• Performing a document review in both English and German for a wealth management platform provider regarding allegations that the company provided the acquired party with false or misleading information during the acquisition process. This was related to improper recognition of revenue, manipulation of historical and forecasted EBITDA and improper accounting tactics to inflate the Assets under Administration. ​
• Assisting the Board of Audit Committee of a financial institution with a time-sensitive investigation into allegations of fraud and misconduct. This included conducting interviews with the key stakeholders on site, performing a review of the data and preparing a detailed report of the findings to be presented to the Board. ​
• Assisting external counsel in their support of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) "KleptoCapture" Taskforce which was created in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, working to identify and investigate assets belonging to individuals and entities associated with the Russian regime.  ​

Prior to joining FRA, Arianna was a fraud investigator, conducting due diligence and reviewing corporate and financial documentation to report suspicions of illegal activity.  ​

Arianna holds a master’s degree in law with a concentration in International Banking and Financial Law from City, University of London. Arianna is fluent in English, Romanian, and Spanish and has full professional proficiency in German. Arianna is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).​