Fraud in Accounting Records: Litigator's Guide to Analyzing Documents and Building the Case or Defense

Ms. Gotsis is an experienced litigator who focuses her practice on white-collar criminal defense and investigations. She represents corporate clients, executives and high-net-worth individuals in criminal and civil enforcement actions and investigations involving various types of fraud, including securities fraud, accounting fraud, digital asset fraud, loan fraud, corporate fraud, investment schemes and Ponzi schemes. Ms. Gotsis also provides counsel regarding criminal tax issues, money laundering, racketeering, False Claims Act issues, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act issues and other securities violations. Her practice also includes representing audit committees and boards of directors to identify and remediate corporate misconduct in internal investigations, as well as corporate compliance and fraud-adjacent civil litigation. As a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, and a Cryptocurrency Tracing Certified Examiner, Ms. Gotsis has a distinct skill set that allows her to analyze financial transactions and public filings to uncover fraud, trace assets for recovery and mount nuanced technical defenses for her clients. 

Mr. Gottlieb is a Managing Director at MSG, where he oversees forensic accounting investigations, business valuations, and economic damages analyses in complex commercial and matrimonial disputes. He brings an unusual combination of credentials to this work: he is a licensed attorney, a certified public accountant, and a certified valuation analyst, which gives him a fluency in both the financial analysis and the litigation process that most forensic consultants simply do not have. Mr. Gottlieb's work covers the full scope of the firm’s litigation support practice. He conducts and supervises business valuations of closely held companies, prepares economic damages calculations in commercial disputes, and leads forensic investigations involving allegations of fraud, asset dissipation, and financial misreporting. Mr. Gottlieb also plays a central role in expert report preparation, deposition and trial support, and the development of rebuttal analyses targeting opposing experts’ methodologies and conclusions. He has provided expert testimony and lectures regularly on financial and tax matters in divorce litigation, presenting to organizations including the American Bar Association, BARBRI, the Suffolk County Bar Association, and Strafford Webinars.