Ponzi Expert Witnesses

Anchorage, Alaska

Cryptocurrency - blockchain, bitcoin, ethereum, theft, fraud, SIM swap, NFT, investment, ponzi, smart contract, pig butchering, digital asset discovery, ransomware, compliance, crypto, solana, wallet, exchange, scam, USDT

Justin Maile is an expert in cryptocurrency investigations and forensic analysis. He has trained and led a team of the best cryptocurrency analysts in the world at Chainalysis before leading the team at CipherBlade. Over the last 8 years Justin has supported some of the most impactful cases to affect the crypto industry involving dozens of SIM swap cases, most of the crypto exchange hacks, numerous smart contract exploits, multiple ponzi schemes with total losses in the billions of dollars, multiple strains of ransomware, assisted international law enforcement with the takedown of illicit services including child abuse sites, darknet markets, money laundering, malware as a service, and others, and has lead the investigations into hundreds of "pig butchering" and other romance and investment scams. More recently Justin has focused on supporting civil litigation cases like digital asset discovery for divorce cases, bankruptcies, estate management cases involving crypto, and has been ...

Trafford, Pennsylvania

Banking - Credit Risk, underwriting, forensic loan fraud, lending policy/procedures, commercial real estate, working capital line of credit, asset based/secured financing, indirect auto, home equity, mortgage, agriculture, farm, foreclosure, collections, regulator enforcement, board governance, Workout, loan operations, BSA AML, Ponzi

My background includes 33 years as a federal regulator, five additional years as a contractor with that regulator, 13 years of consulting with banks and credit unions and eight years as an expert witness. I specialize in evaluation of credit risk and credit related functions. I have extensive experience in community banks and credit unions, mid size banks, and considerable experience in the largest banks in the country. I am available for credit/lending related expert witness work in the menu of items listed above. This includes the cradle to grave life cycle of credit: Policy, procedures, staffing/expertise, underwriting, credit administration, risk management, reporting/MIS, problem loan management/collections, foreclosure/repossession, mortgage assistance programs and collateral/appraisal management. I am experienced in forensic credit related fraud identification, investigation/documentation, referrals to FBI/DOJ/OCC authorities and depositions. I have extensively evaluated int...