KW Economics provides fraud and tracing analysis for matters venued in California. The work reconstructs the flow of funds through bank, ledger, and payment records, traces diverted assets to where they came to rest, and quantifies the loss for each scheme identified, with the evidence trail documented so it can support a civil claim in California, an insurance recovery, or a referral to authorities. The reconciliation and tracing are built the same way in every venue from the entity's own records; the California forum shapes discovery and the presentation of the schedules, and the report establishes what happened to the money without opining on intent. Plaintiff and defense.
California's Superior Court is the primary trial-level forum for the shareholder, partnership, contract, and fraud claims these analyses support. Final appeals in the California court system run to the Supreme Court of California. California is served by 4 federal district courts, where the same analyses are offered under the federal expert-disclosure framework.
Forensic accounting for embezzlement, misappropriation, and financial statement irregularities. The work reconstructs the flow of funds through bank, ledger, and payment records, traces diverted assets to where they came to rest, quantifies the loss for each scheme identified, and documents the evidence trail so it can support a civil claim, an insurance recovery, or a referral to authorities.
Fraud and tracing engagements in California arise in civil fraud, fiduciary, partnership, and matrimonial matters heard in the Superior Court, in the federal district courts serving California, and in insurance recoveries that never reach a courtroom. The tracing is built from the entity's own bank, ledger, and payment records rather than from wage or market data, and the evidence trail is documented so the same schedule can support a civil claim, an insurance claim, or a referral.
Fraud and tracing analysis for California matters is directed by Christopher Skerritt, M.Ed., MBA, Chief of Economic Services, who is available to testify to it.
Our experts serve clients throughout California, including the following communities.
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Yes. KW Economics provides fraud and tracing analysis for attorneys handling matters venued in California, for plaintiff and defense counsel, with the analysis sized to the engagement scope and built from the entity's own bank, ledger, and payment records and the accounts the funds moved into.
A fraud and tracing engagement typically includes a records request (bank statements, the general ledger, payment records, and the account records the funds moved into), reconstruction of the funds flow and identification of the transactions that fall outside authorized activity, tracing of the diverted funds to where they came to rest, tracing schedules with the supporting documents indexed to each transaction and the loss quantified by scheme and period, and deposition and trial testimony when required. Scope and turnaround are calibrated to the transaction volume, the case posture, and the governing disclosure framework.
Expert disclosure in California is scheduled case by case: in the California trial courts by the case management or scheduling order, and in the federal district courts serving California by the federal expert-disclosure framework, under which the written report, the materials considered, and the testimony history are served together. KW Economics confirms the disclosure date at retention and sizes the records request and turnaround to it; counsel confirms the governing deadline for the case.
Request a consultation on Fraud & Tracing in California or call (201) 343-0700. Plaintiff and defense counsel.