ACCOUNTING EXPERT WITNESS CASE STUDIES

Derivatives Expert Opines on Banking Violations ACCOUNTING Expert Case

Derivatives Expert Opines on Banking Violations

This case involves a class of shareholders of a large commercial bank, who sought economic damages and alleged that the actions of the defendant, “the Bank”, were not in regulatory compliance. The shareholders maintained that the defendant engaged in d …

Accounting Expert Witness Withstands Daubert Challenge in SEC Case ACCOUNTING Expert Case

Accounting Expert Witness Withstands Daubert Challenge in SEC Case

…  WITNESS:  Sally L. Hoffman was the SEC’s accounting expert. She is an expert at litigation consulting, with in-depth …  consulting in the application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and auditing standards (GAAS), damage analyses, …  contract and business disputes, and forensic accounting. Ms. Hoffman is a nationally recognized authority on accounting …

Company Accountants Distort Financial Statements ACCOUNTING Expert Case

Company Accountants Distort Financial Statements

…  every aspect of the business, including the day to day accounting, using Quickbooks software to organize and facilitate creation of …  specialization in crisis management and forensic accounting were retained for this …

Hedge fund administrator ignores red flags of Ponzi scheme ACCOUNTING Expert Case

Hedge fund administrator ignores red flags of Ponzi scheme

…  multitude of red flags and inconsistencies in the fund’s accounting practices and even manipulated the fund’s accounting in order to support an inflated net asset value calculation and …

Companies Negotiate Waiver of Fiduciary Duties ACCOUNTING Expert Case

Companies Negotiate Waiver of Fiduciary Duties

This case involves two American companies that held a combined majority interest in a California-based mobile telephone company. The two companies sought an outside investor to infuse additional capital into one of the companies. The companies approached  …