Fraud Examinations
Fraud examination is a sub-set of forensic accounting and is a litigation support service. A business owner may wish to determine if a co-owner who controls all the money and is keeping the owner in the dark is stealing money. Is your business partner taking advantage of your trusting nature? Does your business partner refuse to explain things to you or not provide you the financial records when you request them? Do you feel like you are doing all the hard work but are not seeing any rewards for your efforts? Speak to us, you may be the victim of fraud.

Not sure if a fraud has occurred but you have your suspicions? Find out if the employee driving that expensive car is paying for it out of your business.

After a fraud is discovered, a business owner or manager will generally want to know the extent of the fraud to determine if that amount is sufficient to warrant a recovery effort. Despite a fraudster’s best efforts to hide a fraud (or the extent of a fraud - sometimes even after confessing to it!), cause confusion and manipulate accounting books and records, SGI Forensic can often recreate a trail to determine what has really taken place. Don't be complacent even if you think you have found the fraud: Fraudsters may perpetrate multiple frauds while at the some company. The longer you wait the more you can lose.

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White Collar Criminal Defense
Criminal prosecution is serious - your civil liberties may be taken away. Criminal defense refers to an examination of alleged fraud when the Client is the accused, with a view to finding out what has really happened. SGI Forensic can verify financial information presented by the Prosecution to ensure its accuracy. SGI can examine for reasonableness the assumptions used by an opposing expert.  SGI can assist your attorney in preparing questions to ask of the opposing expert, the answers to which may make a significant difference to your case. In its role as a testifying expert witness, SGI can appear in court to explain to the judge and jury in simple terms what the financial information means and offer an opinion as to what has really taken place. Don’t be without a forensic accountant when the Prosecution has one. An honest difference of profesional opinion can mean the difference between freedom and confinement.

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Business Litigation / Breach of Contract / Lost Profits Analysis / Theft of Intellectual Property
In a dispute between businesses, SGI Forensic may be engaged to determine the financial facts.

In a breach of contract scenario, a business may wish to quantify the loss it has incurred by reference to liquidated damages clauses in the contract.  Sometimes a lost profits scenario arises where damages are sought for lost profits incurred as a result of a breach of contract.  SGI can assist in quantifying both.

In patent infringement cases or cases where intellectual property has been stolen, SGI can be utilized to quantify the amount of the loss to the owner of the intellectual property.

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Loss Quantification
There may be various scenarios in which loss quantification arises and indeed there is a degree of overlap.

Quantifying the amount of monetary loss from a known fraud is a situation where SGI Forensic may be asked to quantify losses i.e. it may be known that a fraud occurred but it may not be known how much money was taken.

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Business Consulting / Due Diligence / Internal Controls Reviews
Are you starting a business?  Do you know where to begin?  Are you overwhelmed?  Are you too close to your business to see the problems?  Are you properly safeguarding your assets?  Are your business processes efficient and effective or are they costing you money and not working properly? SGI Forensic can help you whether you are just starting a business or have been in business for some time.

When buying, selling or merging a business, SGI can verify if representations of a financial nature on either side are accurate. Part of this service verifies the existence of assets and income and also determines if there are undisclosed expenses or liabilities. It is easy to get into a new business arrangement, but often very difficult to get out. Make sure you do your due diligence before you make the wrong move. Do you want to sell your share in a business? Let SGI examine how much money is really due to you.

SGI Forensic can also examine a business's system of checks and balances. These controls help to protect assets, prevent theft, and help ensure compliance with laws and regulations.  Internal controls can also help to prevent and detect fraud, irregularities and errors.

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Other Attorney Assistance Services
SGI Forensic can assist attorneys in preparing questions for witnesses at deposition or at trial. SGI can review reports prepared by opposing expert witnesses as well as assist attorneys in drafting questions for those experts. SGI can assist in preparing questions to be used in interrogatories. SGI can assist in preparing document requests and can assist in providing information to be used in subpoenas.


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Tutoring
Saul periodically provides educational presentations to professional groups and colleges.  As part of SGI’s community outreach efforts, Saul provides private tutoring to students studying accounting and related subjects, as well people using accounting in their jobs and who need to brush up on their skills.  From debits and credits to more complex costing calculations and much more, Saul can help you with your challenges.  Simply call Saul today and set-up a time to receive his personal assistance.


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Scanning Services
Learn more about our scanning services on our Scanning Services page.

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