Forensic accounting in criminal fraud trial - Brattle

In US vs. Sam Bankman-Fried– referred to as one of the “biggest financial frauds in American history” – Brattle supported testifying expert Professor Peter Easton as the only government expert witness at trial. As part of Brattle’s support, our experts – leveraging forensic accounting expertise – conducted both fiat and crypto tracing analyses and analyzed flows of funds, including bank statements and crypto records. The jury decided in favor of our client.

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