Forensic accounting is rarely simple. The engagements that actually justify the cost typically fall into three categories.
Multi-state work across all 50 states.
Price scoped upfront. No hourly meter.
Answers within one business day.
Available beyond tax season. Quarterly check-ins.
Every engagement follows the same disciplined path. You always know what is next, and you always know who is doing it.
A complimentary 30 minutes. We scope what you actually need — and tell you straight if we are not the right fit.
Clear scope, deliverables, and a flat fee quoted upfront. No surprises. No hourly meter spinning in the background.
Initial scoping call, NDA signed, document list issued. Preliminary findings memo within 14 days. Full engagement scoped before further work begins.
Engagement-specific cadence — daily during fraud discovery, weekly during litigation prep, monthly retainer during long-running matters. Always scoped upfront.
When we suspected our office manager of embezzlement, Milestone reconstructed three years of transactions in two weeks. They documented $186K in unauthorized transfers with a clean paper trail. The DA used their report verbatim — and our insurance carrier paid out without challenging a single line.
— Practice Owner, Bay Area Dental Group
Embezzlement case 2024 · Full recovery via insurance
Early — almost always earlier than feels comfortable. The longer fraud or financial irregularities run, the harder they become to document. If you have a suspicion, a 30-minute scoping call costs nothing and tells you whether a real engagement is warranted.
Yes — when the engagement is scoped as litigation support, reports are prepared to evidentiary standards. Our CPAs are credentialed expert witnesses and have testified in California courts. For internal investigations, reports are less formal but still file-ready.
Not from us. Forensic engagements are confidential by default. We work directly with you (or your attorney) and disclose nothing to other parties. Standard NDAs cover both directions.
We work under attorney direction frequently — attorney-client privilege extends to our work product in many cases, which protects strategic memos and preliminary findings. About 60% of our forensic engagements are attorney-retained.
Most engagements run $15–60K depending on document volume and complexity. Fraud investigations of established length and litigation-support engagements can run higher. Always scoped before work begins.
Yes — we run business valuations for buy-sell triggers, divorce proceedings, and partner-departure scenarios. Independent valuations are court-defensible and often required by partnership agreements.
A confidential 30-minute call. Walk us through what you suspect — under mutual NDA — and we will tell you straight whether a forensic engagement is warranted and what it would look like.
