Ponzi Scheme Expert Witnesses

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

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 7 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 ...

Securities & Investments, Business Damages - Materiality of Information, Damages, Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Hedge Funds, Insider Trading, Stock Options, Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Pension Plans, Ponzi Scheme, Short Selling, Suitability, Business Valuation

Marty Dirks has more than 30 years of institutional investment experience with expertise in hedge fund management, valuation and analysis of securities, analysis of corporate accounting fraud, and other complex investment-related issues. As an analyst and short selling hedge fund manager from 1989 through 2010, he has special expertise in the analysis of fraud and misrepresentation by publicly-traded companies. Mr. Dirks is a Senior Adjunct Professor of Finance at Golden Gate University (2006-present). He was the director of research at McCullough, a value equity manager, from 2010-2012. He was a board member for the San José pension plan from 2011-2019. From his roles as an Adjunct Professor and Investment Consultant he has proven his ability as a confident public speaker with the ability to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences. His corporate industry experience includes working at Cooper Industries (1987-1989), a Fortune 100 manufacturing company, and at Texas Instrume...

Law Enf & Criminal Justice, Investigation - Case Review, Corruption, FCPA, Crypto currency, Elder Abuse, Money Laundering, Violent Crime, CPA, Ponzi Scheme, Health Care Fraud, Financial Crime, Anti-Trust, Securities Fraud, Bank Fraud, Criminal Defense, Organized Crime, White Collar Crime, Asset Tracing, Whistelblower, Litigation Support

R.W. “Rick” Simpson is a retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent who spent the final three years of his career leading the Miami International Corruption Squad which investigated FCPA, Kleptocracy, and Anti-Trust matters reaching to the highest levels of country and corporate governance. In this role, Mr. Simpson developed excellent working relationships with top prosecutors and law enforcement officials in multiple countries and gained substantial experience navigating the complexities of multi-jurisdictional investigations. His 26-year FBI career included significant time serving in Los Angeles, FBI Headquarters, Washington DC, and Miami. He joined the FBI with a CPA background, having worked as a Controller for a group of structured finance corporations. Throughout his FBI career, Mr. Simpson made extensive use of sophisticated investigative techniques while conducting numerous high profile organized crime, financial crime, and money laundering investigations. He has testified as ...

Banking - Bank Analysis, Banking Law & Regulation, Banking Industry Standards, Board & Management Responsibilities, Bank Policy & Procedures, Regulation & Supervision, BSA/AML, Fraud, Ponzi Scheme, Elder Financial Abuse

Bill Abernathy is CEO, Expert Witness & Executive Consultant for Abernathy Bank Consulting, LLC (ABC). ABC provides services across a broad spectrum and specializes in assisting Attorneys as a Banking Expert Witness in Litigation. As an Expert Witness, Mr. Abernathy works closely with Retaining Counsel and brings his broad base of Regulatory & Banking Expertise to the case. He has a successful track record as Expert Witness utilizing strong Expert Analysis, Witten Reports, and effective oral Depositions. Bill has worked with both Plaintiffs & Defendants in Federal & State Courts with NO Daubert Issues. Bill has a long (50 years) and varied career as a National Bank Examiner, federal bank regulator, senior-level banker (EVP & SVP), and bank consultant. He served in six different District Senior Management positions with the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). His OCC Roles included serving as Assistant Deputy Comptroller (#2 Executive for the 9 Southeastern states); a...