The money left. The record didn't.

Reconstruction of transfers across bank, brokerage, payment processor, and entity records — including commingled accounts, round-tripping, and layered shell structures — into a single documented chain with a source cited for every figure. The output is built to be read by someone who is not an accountant: a judge, a board, or a jury.

On-chain tracing of transfers through wallets, mixers, bridges, and exchange deposits, with clustering and attribution work to tie addresses back to real people and companies. The on-chain analysis is only half of it — the value comes from joining it to the off-chain record: exchange KYC files, bank rails, and device or communications evidence.

Identifying real property, business interests, vehicles, accounts, and beneficial ownership held directly or through nominees and entities. Useful before you sue, before you settle, and before you spend money enforcing a judgment against someone who may have nothing collectible in their own name.

Corporate registrations and registered agents, UCC filings, civil and criminal dockets, bankruptcy proceedings, property records, regulatory and licensing files, and open-source research on individuals and counterparties. Often the fastest way to learn that the counterparty in your transaction has done this before.

Embezzlement, vendor and procurement fraud, expense and payroll schemes, misappropriation by a fiduciary, and investment fraud. Includes document and records review, interviews of employees and third parties, and a written report of findings suitable for a board, an audit committee, an insurer, or a regulator.

Quantification of loss, tracing of proceeds through accounts and entities, reconciliation of what the books say against what the bank records show, and analysis of the internal control failures that let the scheme run as long as it did. Findings are tied to source documents so opposing counsel can check them — which is the point.

Summary charts, flow-of-funds diagrams, timelines, and transaction schedules built for use at deposition, hearing, mediation, or trial. Preparing summary evidence for federal juries was a routine part of my prior work, and the discipline it teaches is that a chart nobody can follow is worse than no chart.

Available as a consulting expert or, where appropriate, to testify on financial analysis, tracing methodology, and investigative process. I have testified as a summary witness in numerous federal trials and before grand juries. I will also tell you when my findings do not support the theory of the case, before you are in front of a judge.

Preparing the financial analysis and supporting documentation counsel needs for freezing orders, writs of attachment, and referrals where a parallel criminal forfeiture may be available. Asset seizure and forfeiture was a core part of my federal practice, including identifying what is traceable to the offense and what is not.

Assembling the loss documentation behind a restitution request or a proof of loss under fidelity, commercial crime, D&O, or cyber coverage. Claims frequently fail on documentation rather than on the merits — the loss was real, but the file did not establish it in the form the carrier required.

Organizing a matter into a form a federal or state agency can actually act on, and setting realistic expectations about what a referral will and will not do for a civil recovery. Having sat on the receiving end of these for two decades, I can tell you fairly quickly whether a case is likely to be worked.

Red-flag reviews of payment and onboarding controls after an incident, and instructor-led training on money laundering typologies, elder financial exploitation, terrorist financing, and fraud indicators — the same subjects I taught for INTERPOL to law enforcement partners in Southeast Asia and Africa, adapted for compliance, finance, and front-line staff.