Cryptocurrency Expert Witnesses

Cryptocurrency, Financial - Financial Damages from Cryptocurrency, Business Valuation, Hedge Funds, Lost Profits, Arbitration, Fiduciary Duty, Personal Injury Damages, Forensic Finance, Banking, Bankruptcy, Wrongful Death, Business Damages, Fraud, Wrongful Termination, Real Estate

As founder and lead expert of Valentine Forensic Finance, I bring a proven track record in delivering clear, credible, and defensible economic opinions for litigation. With a Ph.D. in Finance from Mississippi State University, a Graduate Certificate in FinTech from Wharton (University of Pennsylvania), and a Graduate Certificate in AI from Wharton, my expertise blends rigorous academic training with practical courtroom experience. Over the course of my career, I have served as an expert witness in personal injury and wrongful death economic damages cases, wrongful termination claims, general financial damages disputes, cryptocurrency asset valuation and fraud cases, and credit damage matters. My analyses are grounded in accepted forensic economic methodologies, supported by peer-reviewed research, and tailored to withstand cross-examination. My work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and USA Today and has even influenced public health policy abroad. In addition to ...

San Francisco, California

Cryptocurrency, Fraud - Bitcoin Tracing, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum Tracing, Defi Forensics, NFT Forensics, Bitcoin Fraud, Cryptocurrency Fraud, USDT Tether, Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud, Cybercrime, Cryptocurrency Exchange Records, Cryptocurrency Discovery, Cryptocurrency expert report rebuttal, Darknet Marketplace

My opinions are built on an academically rigorous foundation, leveraging my university-level teaching experience and peer-reviewed forensic methodologies. This is combined with 25 years of law enforcement and financial crime investigation experience. I am accustomed to communicating complex information to a non-technical audience. I apply insights from 25 years in as a former law enforcement detective - as a former supervisor of law enforcement cybercrime detectives, my team's focus included global cryptocurrency fraud investigations, asset recovery through cryptocurrency tracing, and dismantling large-scale investment scams. I have produced expert reports for matters in the UK, USA, Hong Kong, and Australia, all built to withstand the scrutiny of deposition and trial, a process I have navigated as a witness for 22 years. Education • Master of Cyber Security, University of New South Wales • Master of Leadership & Management, Charles Sturt University • Bachelor of Commerce, Univer...

Woodland Hills, California

Accounting, Financial - cryptocurrency, fraud investigation, financial tracing, business valuation, commerical litigation, economic damages, internal controls, financial forensics, perquisite analysis, tracing funds, digital asset tracing, M&A analysis, insurance claim, partnership disputes, divorce accounting, trust accounting, lost profits, due diligence

Jeff A. Neumeister is a well-educated and experienced forensic expert and consultant in accounting, cryptocurrency, and financial advisory services. He is the managing partner at Kelly+Partners Burbank and a partner at Crypto Tax International Pvt. Ltd. Small organizations, startups, holding entities, high-net-worth individuals, and middle market companies, directly and through their retained counsel, have relied upon Jeff to identify problems, uncover frauds, plan successful exits, improve efficiencies, initiate and defend against litigation, and facilitate sustainable growth. Over his 25 years of professional experience, he has worked in firms ranging in size from large international entities to smaller regional practices. He has been a recurring speaker for conferences, webinars, private events and teaches as a professor in university in both undergraduate and graduate programs. In addition, he has over 15 professional certifications and 5 graduate degrees.

San Luis Obispo, California

Trusts & Estates, Securities & Investments - Trust & Estate Litigation, Trust Disputes, Trustee Executor Conduct, Fiduciary Breach, RIA Broker-Dealer, FINRA SEC, Banking, Corporate Trustee, Compliance, Cryptocurrency, Private Equity, Closely Held, Structured Products, Complex Assets, Securities, Offshore, Complex Insurance, Employment Disputes, DST Real Estate, Lending

Testifying expert witness with 35+ years of experience in fiduciary matters, trust and estate disputes, securities regulation, banking and lending, portfolio management, and complex financial reconstructions. Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Provides clear, standards-based expert opinions and sworn work product for courts and arbitration forums, including expert reports, declarations, affidavits, depositions, and trial testimony. Frequently engaged in complex matters requiring emergency response and forensic account and portfolio reconstruction. Fiduciary Governance and Trust Disputes — Fiduciary standards of care, private and corporate trustee conduct, executor duties, contested trust and estate administration, beneficiary disputes, self-dealing, conflicts of interest, misappropriation of assets, and decision-making frameworks in complex family and entity structures, trust-owned real estate transactions. Securities, RIA, and Broker...

Denver, Colorado

Internet, Marketing - SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engines, Digital Marketing, Domain Names, Cybersquatting, Ecommerce, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Online Defamation, Pay Per Click, PPC, Affiliate Marketing, Amazon Marketplace Retailing, Internet Marketing, Web Site Development, Social Media

The best-selling author of SEO for Dummies and dozens of other Internet-technology related books, Peter Kent has been working in SEO since around 1999. He's been online since 1984, and in technology since 1979. He was the founder of an e-business service provider funded by one of the world's largest VC firms, and of an Internet-related publishing company (he built his first ecommerce Web site in 1997), VP of Web Solutions for a national ISP in 2002 (with 60 SEO, PPC, and Web development staff), and VP of marketing for a Web-applications company. Since 2003 Mr. Kent has provided consulting services (in SEO, PPC, Web development, and digital marketing) to literally hundreds of companies, large and small, in various areas of digital marketing, including projects for Amazon, Time Warner Cable / Roadrunner, Lonely Planet, Zillow, Avvo, Honey Baked Ham, Dunn & Bradstreet, and Tower Records. Mr. Kent wrote the Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet in 1993, followed by a plethora of books...

Greenwich, Connecticut

Appraisal & Valuation, Securities & Investments - Antitrust, Arbitration, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business Damages, Business Valuation, Contract Disputes, Cryptocurrency, Due Diligence, Fiduciary Duty, Financial, Fraud, Hedge Funds, Insurance, Investment Banking, Investment Management, Lending, Leveraged Buyouts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity

Max Holmes has over 40 years of experience as a portfolio manager, research analyst, board member, lawyer, NYU Professor and expert witness. Since 1993, Max Holmes has been an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University, teaching "Bankruptcy and Reorganization." Max Holmes has been the Chief Investment Officer / Lead Portfolio Manager for two large hedge funds ($2.7 billion and $5.4 billion of peak AUM) as well as an insurance company portfolio and a mutual fund portfolio. The funds invested in credit, capital structure arbitrage, distressed debt, rescue finance, direct lending, specialty finance, event stocks and special situations securities, including long and short positions. The funds invested across the capital structure: bank debt, DIP loans, second lien debt, secured and unsecured bonds, floating rate and fixed rate notes, trade claims, preferred stock, common stock, put and call options and credit default swaps (CDS). In...

Silver Spring, Maryland

Securities & Investments, Financial - White Collar Crime, Finance, Financial Planning, Fraud Investigation, Investment Banking, Cryptocurrency, Licensing, Marketing Securities, Stocks & Bonds

For 20+ years, Tom Selman served at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, most recently as Executive Vice President for Regulatory Policy and Legal Compliance Officer. He oversaw more than a dozen regulatory programs and developed FINRA's formal compliance program. Mr. Selman holds a J.D degree., a CFA charter, and a CBDA from the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals. He is a member of three state bar associations. As President and CEO of Scopus Financial Group, Mr. Selman has extensive experience in providing expert testimony in litigation for defendants and claimants. He is frequently retained at inflection points in litigation to assess class-certification risk, rebut expert theories, and evaluate compliance issues under compressed timelines. Mr. Selman has successfully testified in FINRA and AAA arbitrations and state and federal courts, including the Delaware Chancery Court. He has testified on a wide range of issues, including the supervision of associa...

Amherst, Ohio

Cryptocurrency, Fraud - bitcoin, AML, Compliance, Bank Secrecy Act, Anti Money Laundering, scams, pig butchering, fraud, blockchain, cryptocurrency, bitcoin ATMs, BTMs, OTC Desks, Exchanges, Audits, Title 31, Regulatory, compliance officer, Risk Management, Financial crimes

Mr. Todd E. Maher, CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist), Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator (CCI), Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP) has worked in banking and financial services over 20 years in capacities of internal controls analyst, AML Investigations and as a compliance officer for companies such as Equity Trust Company, PNC Bank, Halo Platform Development, LLC and is the president of BitSource AML Solutions, LLC, an AML Consulting Firm located in the State of Ohio. A graduate of Kent State University, Mr. Maher became CAMS certified in 2012 and co-founded the Northern Ohio ACAMS Chapter in 2014. He is also a Certified Bitcoin Professional issued by the Cryptocurrency Certification Consortium since 2017, a CipherTrace certified blockchain examiner, a Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator (CCI) and a Certified Cryptocurrency Risk Specialist. Mr. Maher has conducted over 80 independent BSA audits of cryptocurrency money service businesses, ranging from Over-th...