Expert Evidence – Reported Cases

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 […]

Commercial Damages
The independent forensic accounting expert report of Steven Ponsonby from Forensic Accounting QLD was pivotal in a case handed down in the District Court of Brisbane.
In the decision of Armstrong & Anor v Alexandra Group Holdings Ltd & Ors [2015] QDC 96 (6 May 2015), Forensic Accounting QLD was engaged to unde […]

Fraud
Melissa Emma Jean Ransley, an Office Coordinator of a family run business and a mother of four children was found guilty of one count of fraud in the District Court of Queensland on 16 July 2015 after withdrawing an earlier not guilty plea.  The reported judgement of the earlier plea can be accessed here.
In sentencing Ransley to f […]

For Immediate Release
14 November 2015.
For More Information Contact:
Forensic Accounting Qld: Steven Ponsonby. 1300 323 626
E-mail: [email protected]
FORENSIC ACCOUNTING QLD – Joins the movement to raise awareness of International Fraud Week
 
International Fraud Awareness Week kicks off 15 November 2015 worldwide
Fr […]

Occupational Fraud
EMPLOYEE GUILTY OF 108 COUNTS OF OCCUPATIONAL FRAUD
 “Your fraud involved also a considerable degree of deception and a measure of sophistication”. You are now 42 years of age.  You have no prior convictions, and it is a sad  reality that you have lived to the present a life that has been a worthwhile one as a fa […]