Expert Evidence – Reported Cases

Fraud
Janine Dawn Hartshorn, a now 62 year old woman was found guilty of one count of fraud in the District Court of Queensland at Maroochydore on 5 December 2017.  In sentencing Hartshorn to five years imprisonment (suspended after 18 months), Judge Robertson commented:
“this was extensive fraud over a lengthy period of time, ap […]

Occupational Fraud continues to remain a universal problem faced by all business and government entities against dishonest individuals who have been hired to carry out the organisation’s operations.
Steven Ponsonby, Founding Director of Forensic Accounting Qld advises that fraud is ubiquitous; it does not discriminate in its occurrence […]

Forensic Accounting Qld Joins Movement to Shine a Spotlight on Fraud
International Fraud Awareness Week kicks off 12 November 2017 worldwide
Fraud costs organisations worldwide an estimated 5 percent of their annual revenues, according to a study conducted by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). The ACFE’s 2016 Report to […]

Media Release from: Forensic Accounting Qld
Cyber Crime – Stay Smart Online 9 to 13 October 2017
Community urged to be aware of Cyber Crime and boost online safety, one step at a time in Stay Smart Online Week.
Forensic Accounting Qld is encouraging Australians to make internet safety a top priority, partnering with Stay Smart O […]

The Background:
The expert evidence of Steven Ponsonby was relied on in the recent decision of  IW & CA Price Constructions Pty Ltd v Australian Building Insurance Services Pty Ltd & Ors [2017] QSC 39. In the decision handed down by Justice Lyons in the Supreme Court of Queensland, the Court found in favour of the Defendant in […]

Forensic Accounting Qld Joins Movement to Shine a Spotlight on Fraud
International Fraud Awareness Week kicks off 13 November 2016 worldwide
Fraud costs organisations worldwide an estimated 5 percent of their annual revenues, according to a study conducted by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). The ACFE’s 2016 Report to […]

Forensic Accounting – Family Law
Family law, how can this be connected with the recent Olympics, I hear you say.
When I look back on how many family law matters that our firm has been involved in over the years, I’ve noticed that there often appears to be a common thread.  Typically, one of the parties to th […]

Occupational Fraud continues to remain a universal problem faced by all business and government entities against dishonest individuals who have been hired to carry out the organisation’s operations.
Steven Ponsonby, Founding Director of Forensic Accounting QLD advises that fraud is ubiquitous; it does not discriminate in its occurrence […]

Employee Fraud
In a recent interview on employee fraud with Jan McCallum, a freelance journalist, Steven Ponsonby, founding Director of Forensic Accounting Qld was asked why a business owner should engage a specialist when confronted with a possible fraud.
Mr Ponsonby commented that  “Certified Fraud Examiners[1] look for the red f […]