Kaley Crossthwaite

Partner

Kaley specialises in:

• Forensic Accounting

Contact Details

Office Address:

55 Baker Street
London
W1U 7EU

Telephone:

020 7893 3548

Fax:

020 7487 3686

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Biography

Kaley Crossthwaite is an expert in fraud investigations and regulatory investigations. She is a chartered accountant with over 14 years’ experience working in the forensic accounting profession.

During her time at BDO LLP, Kaley spent 18 months on secondment as an investigator with the Companies Investigations Branch of the Department of Trade and Industry and was appointed as an inspector to investigate insider dealing.

Kaley is head of the Forensic Accounting Unit in London, and currently undertakes a variety of work, including dispute resolution, fraud, and regulatory investigations

Kaley is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has led training sessions for auditors on fraud awareness and prevention.

Client experience includes:

• Kaley acted as Secretary to the DTI s.432 Companies Act 1985 (as amended) investigation in to the affairs of MG Rover Group and associated companies, where she managed large amounts of electronic data and electronic disclosure.
• Kaley led the investigation into a multi million pound black hole in the accounts of a plc within the construction industry.
• Kaley led the investigation into employee fraud within a plc against a central government department.
• Kaley led the investigation into a systematic fraud perpetrated by the FD of a freight shipping company and subsequent audit negligence claim. This led to a settlement repaying approximately 75% of the funds stolen.
• Kaley led the investigation of an anonymous letter alleging theft and other criminal activity by the directors of an English subsidiary of a South African technology company.
• Kaley led the forensic audit of a management company for a residential building where the service charge was disputed by the Residents Association.
• Kaley led the investigation of a substantial banking fraud, involving alleged payments of bribes and secret profits to a senior bank employee in connection with lending in the shipping sector. This case involved the identification and quantification of the alleged bribes/secret profits and misrepresentations in credit documents. Kaley worked closely with legal advisers after the execution of an Anton Piller order and Mareva injunction in order to identify assets held that could be recovered. This case resulted in the successful recovery of several £million distributed throughout the bank employee’s family in Greece.