What Expert Witnesses Need to Know About Scams and Identity Theft

This presentation gives forensic expert witnesses a concise understanding of how modern scams, identity theft, and AI-enabled fraud directly threaten expert practice. It explains why experts are uniquely targeted, how routine engagement and payment workflows are exploited, and why these risks now implicate ethics, admissibility, and professional liability, not just cybersecurity. The program highlights where traditional controls fail, what safeguards actually work, and how experts should respond when an incident occurs to protect credibility, compliance, and the integrity of their role in the justice system.

This session will be presented by Alex Kulikov, Certified Financial Crimes Investigator (MS, CFCI, CFCS, GAAP, PMP).

Mr. Alex Kulikov, M.S., CFCI, CFCS, GAAP, PMP, specializes in forensic examination, white collar crime, following the money trail, alter ego analysis, fraud and other financial crime investigations, as well as in general financial analysis in complex litigation matters. With nearly 30 years of expertise in risk management, compliance, financial crimes prevention consulting and a robust background in finance.

Demonstrating proficiency through serving as a consulting expert in financial, real estate, fintech, construction, health, technology, gaming and other sectors, and testifying as an expert witness in various legal settings and alternative dispute resolution proceedings, in state and federal courts. With the skill set encompassing such areas as litigation support, money trail analysis, internal and external fraud risk assessments, OSINT, due diligence, regulatory compliance, auditing, crypto scams and investigations, crypto currency tracking, cybersecurity risk, contract disputes, money laundering, romance ("pig butchering") and investment scams, Ponzi schemes, bank fraud, internal controls, accounting and financial statements manipulation analysis, asset recovery, corruption investigations and other. Contributing to fraud risk management and financial crimes prevention consulting domain by involvement in advisory boards, serving as an expert witness in over 30 cases, assisting over 200 clients worldwide and frequently presenting and teaching on financial crimes prevention and investigation topics. Two years of teaching undergraduate students at the University of Utah and years of coaching, training and mentoring have helped him greatly in communicating and explaining specialty terms to his team members at work, to clients, and in various legal settings and alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

This course has been approved for 1 CFLC credit and 1 CPE Credit from the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)