Name: Proving the Ponzi Scheme: How Forensic Accountants and Experts Build the Case
Start: 2026-10-21T09:45:00-0600
End: 2026-10-21T10:45:00-0600

Proving the Ponzi Scheme: How Forensic Accountants and Experts Build the Case

Wednesday October 21, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am MDT

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Identifying a Ponzi scheme is one thing—proving it in court is another. This presentation explores the investigative and evidentiary challenges that forensic accountants and expert witnesses face in the difficult but vital role in tracing money flows, analyzing investor data, and constructing evidence that meets legal scrutiny. It highlights practical strategies, pitfalls, and lessons learned from real-world cases, addressing the complex interplay between financial expertise and the legal standards required to reconstruct and prove such schemes.

Speakers

Kathy Bazoian Phelps

Partner, Raines Feldman Littrell LLP

Kathy Bazoian Phelps has been a lawyer since 1991 and is currently a partner at Raines Feldman Littrell LLP in the Los Angeles office. In addition to serving as a fiduciary, Kathy focuses her law practice in the areas of insolvency law, fiduciary representation, and fraud litigation... Read More →

Hon. Melissa Damian

District Court Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

In November 2023, President Biden nominated Judge Damian to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 4, 2024, and was sworn in the following day. She filled the vacancy left following the... Read More →

Alise Johnson

Senior Trial Counsel, Bressler, Amery & Ross, PC

Alise Johnson is a principal in the firm’s Financial Institutions Practice
Group. She represents financial services firms, financial advisors and
corporations in litigation, arbitration, investigations, and regulatory matters
before FINRA, the SEC, federal courts and other stat... Read More →

Bernice Lee

Partner, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton

Bernice Lee is a Partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton and focuses her practice on receiverships, restructuring, and insolvency and fraud-related litigation. She has broad experience representing creditors, business debtors, fiduciaries, and parties involved in insolvency-related... Read More →

Becky Omalley

Managing Director, Pivot > Group

Becky Yang O’Malley is a Managing Director at Pivot > where she advises clients and attorneys on complex financial disputes, fraud investigations, and forensic accounting matters. She brings more than 25 years of experience in providing litigation support, economic damages analysis... Read More →

Wednesday October 21, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am MDT
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Session

NAFER 2026 Annual Conference

Kathy Bazoian Phelps

Hon. Melissa Damian

Alise Johnson

Bernice Lee

Becky Omalley

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NAFER 2026 Annual Conference

Kathy Bazoian Phelps

Hon. Melissa Damian

Alise Johnson

Bernice Lee

Becky Omalley

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