Fraud & Forensic Accounting

Decosimo’s litigation support team provides fraud and forensic accounting services to business owners, physician practice groups, corporations and individuals.  Our professionals  use the latest techniques to look beyond the numbers to resolve and investigate allegations of misconduct, fraud and white-collar crime. We team with computer forensics specialists, qualified in digital information acquisition, authentication, and reconstruction, who can discover or reconstruct data thought to have been deleted or destroyed.  Our sophisticated data extraction software can also identify unusual transactions, trends, or relationships.  

Holding Certified Financial Forensics (CFF) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credentials, our forensic accountants work with clients to develop efficient and effective strategies to measure the extent of damage, collect evidence, write clear and concise reports, testify to findings and make recommendations for improvements to controls and procedures.

Additionally, in cases involving fraud, we prepare a report that supports our opinions, and we have the background information in our files to validate the calculations in our report. 

We Can Help

When you need a heavyweight with the skills, experience and credentials to provide you with fraud and forensic accounting services, contact Decosimo's litigation support professionals and ask us how we can help.

Examples of Our Work

• A business owner suspects something is wrong with their business performance – Have you considered forensic accounting to determine if there may be fraud involved?  Decosimo's litigation support group has found fraud in a number of difficult situations, and in one case our expert testimony resulted in a defendant serving jail time for his embezzlement of funds.
• A party to a contract believes the other party is not performing according to the agreement – Have you considered a forensic engagement to review a contract and apply its terms to the financial records of the business?  Decosimo's litigation support team has proven experience in such disputes.
• A key person involved in the business structures various business entities to his or her personal advantage, siphoning business revenues for personal gain without the knowledge or approval of other shareholders – Have you considered a forensic engagement designed to review the various entities and transactions to “follow-the-money,” so-to-speak?  Decosimo's litigation support professionals have uncovered information for investors and shareholders who believe they are being ripped off by their business associates.
• A company has recently acquired a business, but the revenues or expenses do not meet the buyer’s expectations – Have you considered a forensic engagement to determine why the business is not performing as expected?  Decosimo's litigation support division has assisted a number of businesses determine, post-merger, what is impacting business performance.