An accountant who admitted defrauding £3.4 million from high-profile clients, such as pop star Rita Ora and rugby player Matt Dawson, has been jailed for more than five years following a “lengthy and complex investigation”.
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Trusted Advisers? – accountant’s fraud leads to 5 year jail sentence
Posted on 10 May, 2019Expert and independent
Posted on 7 May, 2019In many complex legal matters, from family disputes to corporate litigation, the courts need to call on professional advice from so-called “expert witnesses”.
Financial investigation makes the news
Posted on 29 Apr, 2019An investigation into an organised crime gang’s money laundering activities made the headlines recently when it won the Innovative Approach to Sanctions and Redress category at the Government Counter Fraud Awards 2019. HM Revenue &
Blurred lines in an investigation
Posted on 15 Apr, 2019The discovery of more private jets than first thought in the case against Carlos Ghosn, former Nissan chief, is the latest in the evidence trail found by investigators examining the joint finances of Renault and
People as well as paper
Posted on 5 Apr, 2019A recent story in the media about an enquiry that was started following a tip-off by a whistleblower, is a reminder that interviews are as useful as the analysis of documents in a forensic accounting
The importance of documentation
Posted on 29 Mar, 2019When talking about the forensic investigation of suspected financial wrongdoing, most people instinctively think of accountants poring over bank statements and balance sheets, but that is only half of the story.
Call for official investigation into London Capital & Finance
Posted on 22 Mar, 2019Chair of the Treasury Select Committee, Nicky Morgan, has written to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) demanding a full-blown investigation into regulatory failures around the collapse of London Capital & Finance (LCF), which was discussed
Initial investigations
Posted on 18 Mar, 2019When there are concerns about the finances of a business, usual practice is to bring in forensic accountants to find out if there has been anything untoward going on. Depending on their findings, the matter
Missing coins mystery
Posted on 8 Mar, 2019Financial investigators have discovered that the digital wallets of the QuadrigaCX exchange had been emptied of millions in cryptocurrency months before founder Gerald Cotten died.
Where has the money come from?
Posted on 1 Mar, 2019Yet again the work of the forensic accountant has come to the public’s attention via television. In this week’s episode of Shetland, DI Jimmy Perez asks one of his sergeants to get ‘the forensic team’