Sturges & Associates

Practicing in Lake County since 1978

Forensic accounting

3385 White Oak Way   |   Kelseyville, CA 95451   |   Phone: 707-279-1188   |    Alt. Phone: 707-279-4259 

The Soda Bay CPA

Sample of Court proceedings:

 

Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Lake:

Embezzlement

People vs. Billie Bitzer, Case No. SF88-NH0072

Alibi through Documentation

People vs. Jeff Duvardo, Case No. CR-5090

Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Mendocino:

Business Valuation

Melrose vs. Melrose, Case No. SCUK-CV-98-79322

Embezzlement

People vs. Sherill Cummings, Case No. C12954

Income Determination

Hautala vs. Passwaters, Case No. SCTM-CVSP-04-92856

 

Fraud, embezzlement, or murder, we have seen it all.  As a Forensic Accountant I can “follow the money” or show an alibi through documentation. 

 

Joan Sturges has qualified in various California superior and municipal courts to present expert opinion testimony on embezzlement, taxes, business valuations, property separation, forensic accounting, income determination, trust reporting, breach of trustee duties, tracing of funds, alibi through documentation, and welfare fraud.

 

 

Forensic Services we provide:

 

· Alibi through scheduling of documents of information on the defendant’s activities

· Refute financial motive with quarterly statements on defendant’s financial activities

· Annual financial statements on victims showing financial relationship with defendant

· Information available by transaction to refute embezzlement and elder abuse charges

· Summary of information reported showing welfare fraud was not intentional

· Integrity of books and records available refuting possible embezzlement

· Summary of books and records demonstrating the absence of fraud

· Schedule of forged documents and tracing of funds

· Income calculations for undisclosed income

· Calculation of past due of spousal support

· Tracing of community vs. separate income and expenses during marriage

· Moore/Marsden computation for separation of assets

· Moore/Marsden computation with a different scenario

· Calculations of community property with real estate activities flowcharted

· Computation of community payment of separate trust expenses

· Family trust summary of account schedule of findings and recommendations

· Detailed valuation report