Hovland Forensic

Asset Misappropriation Investigation Services in Colorado

Find missing inventory, cash and encumbered assets before they vanish permanently.

The Hidden Cost of Asset Misappropriation

Payroll fraud shrinks margins faster than inflation. Receivables that walk. Office supplies that never arrive. It happens to Colorado businesses every day,  and every embezzled dollar carries traceable fingerprints. Our job is to locate them and translate them into actionable proof, for Colorado courts and beyond.

Exactly What We Examine

  • Cash skimming & duplicate vendor checks
  • Ghost employees & inflated payroll lines
  • Inventory shrinkage under perpetual vs. periodic ‘free’ counts
  • Procurement kickbacks & inflated invoices
  • Credit-card misuse & out-of-policy reimbursements
  • Concealed bank accounts & off-book ledgers

Methodology Timeline

5-day analytical sweep of ledger-level anomalies (random-z, 80-20, Benford)

Digital imaging + keyword cash-out point analytics ↗ catalog of primary docs

Asset trace diagrams (chemical flow, web diagrams) presented in court-admissible PNG & vector formats

Executive memo + fully referenced report + deposition outline

Results Delivered for Clients

HOA Dues Theft

Management company was stealing homeowner’s dues from absent homeowners. Management company transferred funds directly from HOA bank account into their account. HOA collected on insurance policy due to fraud, management company was referred to the State for prosecution. 

Employee Embezzlement

Longtime employee was stealing customer payments on AR. Forensic tracing of timestamped reports and customer receipts clearly showed how employee was working the scheme. Employee took plea deal with DA.

Industry-Sourced Insight: ACFE Fraud Statistics

According to the “Occupational Fraud 2024: A Report to the Nations”

With losses this huge nationwide, every missing dollar hurts, see how defensible evidence flips the odds and protects what’s yours.

Hovland Forensic investigates asset misappropriation for businesses and attorneys throughout Colorado, including Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Boulder, Pueblo, and Grand Junction, as well as clients nationwide.

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