Forensic Accounting

What we do

• Reconstruct books and records from bank statements, credit card statements, checks and receipts
• Trace funds from account to account, and from one person or business to another
• Separate personal from business spending, and one owner’s money from another’s
• Rebuild income and spending when the tax returns or the books do not tell the whole story
• Review how an executor or trustee has handled an estate or trust
• Summarize what we find in schedules and a written report

Where it helps

• Divorce, where community and separate property have to be traced
• Disputes between business partners or owners
• Estate and trust disputes among heirs
• Suspected theft or misuse of money by an employee, agent or family member
• Tax matters where the records have to be rebuilt

How we work

1. We start with what you have and list what is missing.
2. We gather the missing records, through you or your attorney.
3. We enter every transaction, reconcile each account and follow each transfer.
4. We report what we found, with the documents behind each number.

When a matter is in or near litigation, we usually work through your attorney.