Confidence & Clarity in Complex Forensic Cases
Fraud and Criminal Investigations
Financial allegations are often built on large volumes of banking records, company documents, accounting data, and assumptions drawn from financial activity. A forensic accountant can help identify what the evidence actually shows, whether transactions have been misunderstood, and whether the prosecution’s conclusions are supported by the underlying financial records.
Beyond Forensic provides forensic accountancy services in criminal investigations and financial crime matters. We work with criminal defence solicitors, barristers, and individuals facing allegations involving fraud, money laundering, financial misconduct, and related offences.
Our work includes the analysis of complex financial transactions, tracing the movement of funds, reconstructing financial histories, assessing alleged losses or criminal benefit, and identifying weaknesses or inconsistencies within the prosecution evidence.
Our Services
Pre Charge and Pre Conviction Investigations
We assist legal teams during the investigation stage and prior to conviction by carrying out detailed financial analysis to assess the strength of the allegations and identify issues within the prosecution evidence.
Our work may include:
Reviewing bank statements, company records, and financial schedules
Identifying errors, omissions, or unsupported assumptions
Assessing whether transactions have legitimate explanations
Preparing financial summaries and chronologies
Assisting solicitors and counsel in understanding complex financial evidence
Early forensic analysis can often help shape defence strategy and identify issues before proceedings progress further.
Fraud Investigations
We investigate allegations of fraud and financial dishonesty across a wide range of cases, including:
Corporate fraud
Investment fraud
False accounting
Employee fraud
Misappropriation of funds
Accounting irregularities
Our role is to analyse the underlying financial evidence and determine whether the available records support the allegations being made.
Money Laundering Allegations
We provide forensic accountancy support in cases involving alleged money laundering offences.
This includes:
Tracing the movement of funds through bank accounts and businesses
Identifying the source and application of funds
Reviewing alleged layering activity
Assessing whether transactions are consistent with legitimate trading or personal activity
Analysing financial evidence relied upon by investigators and prosecutors
We can also assist in challenging assumptions made about the origin or purpose of funds.
Conspiracy Allegations
In conspiracy cases, financial evidence is often used to support allegations of criminal collaboration or joint enterprise.
We assist by analysing:
Banking activity
Financial relationships between parties
Asset transfers
Company records and transactions
Communications linked to financial activity
Our analysis can help determine whether the financial evidence supports or undermines the allegations being advanced.
Theft Act and Fraud Act Allegations
We provide detailed financial analysis in cases involving allegations under the Theft Act and Fraud Act.
This may involve:
Reviewing allegations of dishonesty or deception
Examining accounting records and transaction histories
Assessing alleged losses
Identifying alternative explanations for financial discrepancies
Analysing whether the financial evidence supports the prosecution’s position
Restraint Orders
We assist individuals and legal teams dealing with restraint orders made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Our work includes:
Reviewing asset schedules and financial disclosures
Assessing income sources and liabilities
Analysing asset ownership and valuations
Identifying inaccuracies within financial assumptions
Assisting in challenges to disproportionate or unsupported restrictions
Unexplained Wealth Orders
We assist individuals and businesses responding to Unexplained Wealth Orders by analysing financial records and preparing evidence to explain the origin of assets and wealth.
This may include:
Preparing financial explanations and schedules
Tracing historical sources of wealth
Reviewing business and personal financial records
Identifying supporting documentation
Assisting legal teams in responding to enforcement agencies