Frank Esposito

Principal
Frank Esposito | Risk Investigations Analytics | Charles River Associates

Frank Esposito is a principal in CRA’s Risk, Investigations & Analytics Practice, with over 15 years of experience in forensic accounting, auditing, financial analysis, and anti-fraud consulting.

Mr. Esposito works closely with law firms and corporate clients on complex financial investigations and disputes. His work focuses on addressing critical issues such as financial statement fraud, accounting irregularities, employee misconduct, Ponzi schemes, asset misappropriation, and revenue recognition challenges.

Mr. Esposito also leads projects and initiatives focused on enhancing fraud risk management programs and assessing fraud and corruption risks within organizations. His expertise extends to anti-corruption, with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and dispute advisory services for domestic and international clients. Mr. Esposito advises and assists clients with the prevention, detection, and mitigation of fraud and corruption risks. Such experience includes leading large-scale document reviews, fact-finding interviews, transaction testing, and various financial analysis, to identify suspicious trends, anomalies, outliers, and potential gaps within an organization’s current internal control environment.

He is a certified public accountant (CPA) and certified fraud examiner (CFE). He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Prior to joining CRA, Mr. Esposito served as a Director in the Disputes and Investigations practice at a global professional services firm, where he led investigations related to asset misappropriation, employee misconduct, and bribery and corruption. Mr. Esposito began his career at Deloitte in their audit practice before transitioning to Deloitte’s forensic practice in New York and the Cayman Islands. While at Deloitte, Mr. Esposito conducted shadow investigations on behalf of the firm’s audit clients, as well as worked on investigations involving theft, FCPA violations, and financial statement fraud.

Selected engagements

  • 01
    Financial investigation uncovers $50M revenue shift
    Our Risk, Investigations & Analytics team conducted background research into certain individuals and entities, interviewed employees, and analyzed financial...
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  • 02
    Analysis of bribery claims in corporate-union dealings
    We conducted background investigations of numerous individuals and entities and performed a detailed flow-of-funds analyses, tracing payments across dozens of...
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  • 03
    Purchase price dispute investigation
    The analyses included a detailed review and assessment of the company’s revenue recognition practices, focusing on the plaintiff’s allocation methods for...
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