Asset Misappropriation Expert Witnesses

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado

Fraud, Accounting - Forensic Accounting, Expert Witness Testimony, Fraud Investigation, Rebuttal Expert Witness, Asset Misappropriation, Economic Damages, Employee Embezzlement, Litigation Support, Lost Profits Calculation, Partnership Disputes

Steven D. Hovland is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified in the Regularities of Forensic Accounting and Consulting (CRFAC) with 25+ years of experience in forensic accounting investigations, litigation support, and expert witness testimony. He is the founder of Hovland Forensic & Financial, a forensic accounting practice serving attorneys and businesses throughout Colorado and nationwide. Steve began his accounting career in public accounting in 1999, advancing to Director of Audit and Assurance at a 100-person regional CPA firm before founding Hovland Forensic & Financial in 2019. His forensic accounting practice focuses exclusively on fraud investigations, expert witness testimony, economic damages calculations, and rebuttal of opposing expert reports. EXPERT WITNESS EXPERIENCE Steve has served as a testifying expert witness in civil and criminal proceedings involving fraud, embezzlement, lost profits, economic damages, partnership disputes, and asset misappropriat...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Accounting, Fraud - Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigation, Embezzlement, Litigation Support, Internal controls, Asset Misappropriation, Tracing & Reconstruction, Financial Statement Analysis, ERISA, Business Disputes, Divorce, Business Interruption Losses, Bankruptcy, Payroll Fraud, Bank Account Tracing, Financial crimes, Expert Witness, Estates

Alle Aldrich, CFE, MAFF, is a forensic accountant and fraud examiner with 15 years of experience conducting financial investigations, reconstructing records, and providing litigation support in civil and criminal matters. She specializes in fraud investigation, embezzlement, fund tracing, internal‑control failures, economic damages, ERISA fiduciary breaches, shareholder and partnership disputes, nonprofit fraud, divorce‑related financial analysis, and bankruptcy‑related examinations. Her background includes serving as a Forensic Accountant with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where she supported complex financial‑crime investigations and collaborated with Special Agents and federal prosecutors. She later served as CEO and Forensic Accountant at Fact Finder Forensics, leading investigative engagements and managing firm operations. Prior to that, she founded and operated Calculating Destiny, a GAAP‑based accounting and controller‑services firm that also provided early‑stage fore...