Litigation, Forensic Accounting
and Investigative Services
Forensic Accounting and Investigative Services
Businesses are acutely aware that questionable or potentially fraudulent activities require immediate attention. Failure to react quickly can result in significant consequences, including monetary damages and harm to reputation.
Moss Adams can assist businesses suffering from unlawful activities by providing forensic accounting and other investigative services. We have complementary skills in the investigative and accounting arenas including computer forensics, allowing us to segregate fact from fiction to uncover complicated schemes.
We have a broad range of investigative experience, including the following:
- Breach of fiduciary duties
- Computer fraud
- Conflicts of interest
- Corporate espionage
- Corruption
- Embezzlement
- Financial reporting fraud
- Insolvency and bankruptcy fraud
- Insurance claims fraud
- Misappropriation of corporate assets
- Money laundering
Our approach to this work involves a combination of techniques and procedures:
Data Analysis
We are able to identify many forms of violations by using effective analytical tools that reveal weaknesses in data, fraudulent behavior, and interrelated parties.
Fraud Risk Management
Moss Adams can also help you decrease your business’s vulnerability to fraud and misconduct by developing and evaluating your fraud risk management program. We utilize information gained through interviews, surveys, and focus groups to analyze your fraud risk management strategies, help you refine a fraud risk profile and establish protocols to avoid future problems. We will also instruct your employees on how to identify their specific fraud and misconduct risks and establish preventative actions.
Investigative and Forensic Accounting
We will investigate suspected fraud, abnormalities, or irregularities to help you recover lost or misappropriated assets. This process often includes administration of interviews, collection and review of evidence, development of reports, and expert witness testimony.
Litigation, Forensic Accounting and Investigative Services Contacts
Pacific Northwest
Owen Dahl
206-302-6562
Northern California
Michael Massey
209-955-6100
Southern California
Kenneth Rugeti
949-221-4000
New Mexico
Richard Wexler
505-830-6200
