Forensic Accounting · Fund tracing
We follow money through bank accounts, entities and transactions, and present the result in a form that lawyers and courts can follow.
We reconstruct the movement of funds from source records, identify where money was received, transferred and spent, and quantify the amounts involved.
We produce tracing schedules and diagrams that show each step and the documents that support it.
When traced money is mixed with other funds in one account, the method used to follow it affects the result. We state the method and test alternatives where it matters.
Transfers through several accounts, companies and trusts can obscure the trail. We map the structure first.
Cash withdrawals and missing statements break the trail. We identify the gaps and what records could close them.
A trace is only useful if others can follow it. We keep schedules referenced to source documents.
Principal
Principal, Maxwind
Erin is the principal of Maxwind Analytics. Her background combines corporate finance, building and running businesses, and specialist valuation and forensic work.
Maxwind Analytics has advised Melbourne businesses and their advisers since 2020.
About ErinMost tracing matters are offered with a clear scope and a fixed fee. Where the number of accounts isn't known upfront, we fix the fee for each stage, starting with the records available.
Often, yes, if records exist. A forensic accountant traces funds through bank statements and transaction documents, and looks for patterns such as unexplained transfers, cash withdrawals or lifestyle spending that income does not support. Where the trail breaks, the report identifies the gap and which records could close it.
Read the full answerStart with complete bank statements for every account the money may have passed through, for the whole period in question. Add loan, property and share transaction documents, and the general ledger where one exists. Missing statements are the most common reason a trace stops.
Read the full answerHourly rates for forensic accountants in Australia are commonly around $300 to $600, depending on experience and complexity. The hourly rate tells you little on its own. The total depends on the question, the volume of records and the type of report, which is why a clear scope and fixed fee is the better guide.
Read the full answerAs far as reliable records exist. Banks can usually provide statements for several years; we help identify what to request.
A short conversation is usually enough to tell whether we can help and what the work would involve.
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