Forensic Accounting

LECG forensic accounting experts have a broad range of expertise in accounting, auditing, computer forensics, regulatory compliance, valuation, tax, and securities litigation. We provide a comprehensive mix of forensic accounting services, including internal investigations, fraud investigations, and when necessary, expert witness testimony. We conduct forensic analysis of complex transactions to help organizations investigate and resolve business, legal and regulatory issues. In combining our resources, we identify unusual or suspicious transactions, investigate fraud and quantify values in dispute. LECG has provided forensic accounting services in a number of recent, notable matters involving Fortune 500 companies and leading national law firms.

LECG electronic evidence experts employ the latest electronic and computer technology to retrieve, catalogue, and analyze critical data from computer servers and from voice and email systems. Our experts can help our clients recover and preserve the evidence necessary for the demands of discovery and resolve alleged, suspected, admitted or detected business fraud and other complex legal disputes.

Capabilities

• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigative & Due Diligence Services
• White Collar and Regulatory Investigations

Main Area Of Expertise

• Accounting malpractice
• Board of director
• audit committee and special committee investigations
• Breach of contract
• Broker-dealer inquiries
• Business valuation
• Claims against fiduciaries
• Commercial damage calculation
• Comprehensive due diligence examinations
• Construction claims analysis
• Construction fraud investigation & analysis
• Contractual compliance assessment
• Criminal investigations  Corporate governance and risk management
• Economic loss calculations
• Employee and shareholder embezzlement
• Fraudulent transfers identification
• FCPA investigations
• Hidden asset tracing and recovery
• Lender liability
• Mediation of complex business disputes
• Money laundering
• Regulatory investigations
• Tax fraud investigations
• Theft of property

Representative Engagements

• Accountancy Services for Trustee of Bankruptcy Estate of Large Media Buying Company
• Acted as a Neutral Arbitrator in Disputes Involving Purchase Price Adjustments
• Allegations Regarding Improper Revenue Recognition and Manipulation of Accounting Records by a Multi-National Software Company

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Related Publications

• Gauge of Innocence
• The New Forensics: Investigating Corporate Fraud and the Theft of Intellectual Property