Fraud Forensic Accountants for Criminal Defence Solicitors

What Defence Solicitors Need

A fraud forensic accountant who understands both forensic accounting and criminal procedure: producing expert evidence under CrPR Part 33, challenging the prosecution's financial analysis, and providing credible evidence on POCA benefit and available assets.

Services for Criminal Defence

• POCA confiscation benefit analysis: challenging the prosecution's benefit figure
• Available assets assessment: identifying and valuing legitimate assets for Section 7 POCA
• Tainted gifts analysis: challenging alleged gifts of criminal proceeds
• Third-party interests in assets: protecting innocent third parties
• Expert evidence on financial transactions at trial
• Hidden assets response: tracing prosecution-alleged hidden assets
• Financial expert evidence for Newton hearings

SFO Investigations: How We Support Defence Teams

• Reviewing and challenging SFO financial analysis
• Section 2 interview preparation (financial aspects)
• Document review and financial reconstruction
• Parallel civil recovery proceedings analysis
• Expert witness reports for Crown Court

DPA Negotiations: Quantifying the Exposure

For the first time, the SFO has stated explicitly that where a corporate self-reports suspected wrongdoing and fully cooperates, it can expect to be invited to negotiate a DPA rather than face prosecution (unless exceptional circumstances apply). Fraud forensic accountants quantify the scope of wrongdoing, the financial benefit to the organisation, and the appropriate disgorgement figure: the foundation of any DPA financial settlement.

CrPR Part 33 Compliance

In criminal proceedings, expert witnesses are governed by Criminal Procedure Rules Part 33. Our experts produce CrPR Part 33 compliant reports with the required declaration of independence and objectivity.