Financial Investigation Built Around the Question
When the numbers are disputed, incomplete, or difficult to follow, forensic accounting can turn scattered financial records into an organized, supportable explanation. We help individuals, businesses, and their professional advisers examine transactions, trace funds, identify record gaps, and prepare clear financial schedules for review.
The work begins with a defined question: what happened, when did it happen, where did the money move, and which records support the answer? Conclusions are limited to the information lawfully available and are not based on assumptions about fraud, concealment, ownership, or intent.
Civil and Commercial Disputes
Organize account records, contracts, invoices, payments, and transaction histories for business disputes, civil claims, settlement discussions, or counsel review.
Divorce and Marital Financial Review
Trace reported income, accounts, transfers, property interests, business activity, and spending patterns to help identify questions for counsel, mediation, or formal discovery.
Hidden Asset and Income Indicators
Review available records for unexplained transfers, related-party activity, undisclosed accounts or entities, unusual cash flow, and other indicators that may require additional documentation.
Fraud and Unexplained Transactions
Build a transaction timeline, follow the source and use of funds, and compare ledger entries with bank, card, payroll, vendor, or ownership records.
Business Ownership and Related Parties
Map entities, owners, accounts, intercompany transfers, shareholder activity, and related-party transactions when the financial relationships are unclear.
Damages, Claims, and Lost-Profit Analysis
Examine historical financial performance, claimed losses, insurance or contract records, and the assumptions used in a damages calculation.
What the Review May Include
Bank, credit-card, general-ledger, and transaction reconciliation
Source-and-use-of-funds tracing and transfer mapping
Income, expense, payroll, vendor, and lifestyle comparisons
Business, ownership, and related-party relationship mapping
Chronologies, financial schedules, and supporting exhibits
Document-gap lists and focused requests for missing records
Comparison of claims, testimony, contracts, and accounting records
Clear findings for review by the client, attorney, mediator, or other professional
A Practical Record-to-Report Process
- Define the financial question. Identify the dispute, people or entities involved, relevant dates, deadlines, and the decision the analysis needs to support.
- Inventory the available evidence. Determine which statements, tax records, ledgers, contracts, court filings, communications, and ownership records are available and what is still missing.
- Trace and reconcile. Follow transactions across records, test the math, document the source for each material figure, and separate confirmed facts from unresolved questions.
- Present the results clearly. Depending on scope, the work may produce a findings memorandum, transaction schedule, timeline, exhibit set, or a list of records needed for the next stage.
Important Scope and Privacy Note
Forensic accounting is a financial analysis service. It does not provide legal advice, determine legal ownership, establish that fraud or concealment occurred, or guarantee a court, settlement, recovery, or investigative outcome. Legal strategy, discovery, subpoenas, and court filings should be handled by a licensed attorney. We analyze records provided through lawful access and do not obtain private financial information without authorization.