Forensic First Ltd.

If you or your client suspect financial wrongdoing, manipulation, or fraud, ensure the best...

Forensic First Ltd.  -  Email: info@forensicfirst.bm   |   Phone: 441-278-0852

Forensic First Ltd. is a Bermuda operation providing independent consulting services to third party organizations. Among its clients, since July 2010 Forensic First Ltd. has been contracted to perform forensic accounting functions for the Bermuda Police Services, including investigating and supporting cases of suspected fraud, identifying sources and uses of funds, tracing and recovering assets and proceeds of crime, preparing and presenting financial analysis and reports, giving expert testimony and aiding law enforcement, government officials and victims of fraud in their pursuit of justice and recovery.

Todd Boyd has testified as an expert witness on numerous occasions, both in Ontario's Court of Justice and in Bermuda's Supreme Court.

Mr. Boyd is a graduate from the University of Toronto, a Chartered Accountant, and a Certified Fraud Examiner. Mr. Boyd has a background working for Grant Thornton, an international public accounting and consulting firm, specialized in forensic accounting and bankruptcy and insolvency. Mr. Boyd spent two years stationed inside the Metropolitan Toronto Police Headquarters, Fraud Squad, in Toronto.

Throughout his 20 year career as a Chartered Accountant Mr. Boyd has consulted on and performed civil and criminal forensic accounting investigations for multiple Bermuda and North American organizations. Forensic First Ltd. can help you.

Kristy Woods began her career in the U.K. working in Finance and obtained experience in various accounting functions with key responsibilities ranging from preparation of management accounts and financial statements, group reporting, internal audit and budgeting.

Prior to joining the Forensic First team, Ms. Woods worked for PwC Bermuda for four years, with roles spanning across the firm including audit, financial reporting and risk management for a diverse portfolio of local and international clients. Her comprehensive knowledge and diversity gained in the industries that she has served enables her to provide clients with a valuable service and useful insights.

Through her experiences in internal and external audit, Ms. Woods developed her investigative cognizance and has since undertaken multiple money laundering investigations and has worked to identify specific irregularities in financial documents and prepared various forensic accounting reports.

Ms. Woods has completed all examinations for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and Finance from The University of Hertfordshire; she is currently pursuing her Certified Fraud Examiner designation.

Forensic First Ltd. has extensive criminal and civil accounting knowledge and experience.

Unraveling financial wrongdoing and suspected theft and fraud

Performing economic loss and damage quantification

Preparing loss recovery and profit or business interruption calculations

Investigating shareholder, employee and management disputes, including conflicts of interest,
             and allegations of financial impropriety

Performing fund and asset tracing and aiding in recoveries, including sources and use analysis

Providing expert witness testimony

Performing financial analysis and investigating and reporting on suspected accounting improprieties ranging from
             lapping, to ponzi and pyramid schemes, from cheque tampering and kiting to financial manipulation and theft

Forensic First’s Todd Boyd’s two days of testifying in Supreme Court leads to guilty verdict in theft over $700K (R. vs. Bambi Pimentel)