Forensic Accounting & Fraud Investigations

Monitorships and Investigations Consulting

Global organizations face vast regulatory, economic and legal challenges. Major disruptive events lead to organizational uncertainty and instability. Changing business models, restructurings and downsizings, and other corporate events often result in pressures on employees that may lead to fraud or misconduct. Companies, organizations and private equity firms engage FTI Consulting to address allegations regarding accounting improprieties, conflicts of interest, misappropriation of assets, and circumvention of regulations. Our team of seasoned forensic accountants, financial experts, data analysts, statisticians, and business intelligence experts sift through complex data and apply proven investigative and forensic accounting methods to support legal teams and act as independent investigators.

How We Help

Whether triggered by a whistleblower complaint, internal audit, or regulatory action, investigations are often undertaken by the company or its board of directors. Frequently, these investigations are performed at the direction of outside counsel or the organization’s in-house counsel. When independent support with industry-specific expertise on investigations, compliance programs, internal controls or technical accounting issues is needed, FTI Consulting can help. We assist in resolving issues and conducting forensic accounting investigations and compliance remediation projects quickly, efficiently and impartially.

Whether the allegations relate to accounting malfeasance, bribery or embezzlement, Ponzi schemes or other corporate improprieties, our professionals — widely considered as among the industry’s top practitioners — have extensive experience conducting investigations. Our team includes former Big 4 audit firm partners, forensic specialists, prosecutors, law enforcement officials and regulators from key regulatory and investigative agencies around the world.

Clients regularly engage us to advise or to provide with:

Forensic accounting investigations and analyses, financial record reconstruction and evaluation of accounting transactions
Investigative due diligence of individuals and entities and asset searches
Assistance with conducting witness and fact-finding interviews
Computer forensics and electronic data preservation, retrieval and analysis
Enterprise-wide complex data modeling and analysis
Damage quantifications
Expert witness testimony at trial
Root cause analysis and internal control and compliance program remediation
Design and implementation of robust internal controls
Court- or regulatory-agency-appointed monitoring