Forensic Accounting and Taxes
Contact this Expert Witness
- Company: CAW Financial Forensics, LLC
- Phone: (708) 567-4083
- Website: cawfinancialforensics.com/
Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Accounting and FraudKeywords/Search Terms:
Taxes, Forensic Accounting, Fraud, Criminal Defense, Financial Crimes, White Collar Fraud, Bank Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Litigation Support, Embezzlement, Public Corruption, Ponzi Schemes, Asset TracingEducation:
Bachelors of Science in Accounting, University of Illinois - Chicago; Criminal Investigator / Special Agent, Federal Law Enforcement Training CenterYears in Practice:
35Additional Information
Cathy is the managing member of CAW Financial Forensics LLC a forensic accounting firm that specializes in white collar criminal defense. Cathy has over 35 years of combined tax, financial investigative, law enforcement and private sector consulting experience. Cathy provides forensic accounting, litigation and investigative support to attorneys and their clients. Cathy has provided criminal defense services for criminal violations of federal, state or local law and complaints for forfeiture of assets. She has also provided expert analysis and reports during civil dispute litigation. Cathy was a Special Agent with the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) in the Chicago Field Office and has more than 20 years of financial criminal investigative experience. Cathy retired from IRS-CI as the Assistant Director of Special Investigative Techniques (SIT), which has national oversight of Undercover Agents, Confidential Informants and Technical Equipment Operations. Cathy began her IRS career in the Civil Division as a Revenue Agent, auditing individuals, partnership and corporate taxpayers. She worked numerous Grand Jury investigations and testified as an IRS witness during Federal criminal trials and sentencing hearings, including the re-trial of the US vs John L. Cheek. Cathy was an investigator for Office of Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (OEIG) an agency which ensures accountability in state government. She investigated allegations of misconduct within the State of Illinois, including sexual harassment, financial mismanagement and grant fraud. Cathy was a project employee of Guidehouse, a subcontractor of the Small Business Administration (SBA). She served as a team leader on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) project overseeing a team reviewing loan and forgiveness documents to identify potential indicia of PPP loan fraud.