Aeriel
Houston
Associate Director
Aeriel Houston has over 5 years of experience leading high-stakes investigations, disputes and forensic accounting matters for international clients. A CPA with a strong background in fraud, compliance, and risk management, she has supported global clients—including major financial institutions and multinational corporations—on complex cases involving bribery, corruption and financial misconduct.
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- Binance: Supporting the DOJ monitorship of a global digital asset exchange, assessing the company’s compliance with AML and US sanctions laws.
- Balfour Beatty: Supporting Founding Partner Frances McLeod, the DOJ appointed monitor, in the ongoing monitorship, which includes evaluating the implementation and enforcement of the company's corporate compliance program and adherence to anti-fraud laws.
- Global Financial Institution: Supported the DOJ-appointed monitor, evaluating financial crime compliance in areas including FCPA, BSA/AML, FATCA, and OFAC and making recommendations for ongoing compliance improvements.
- RTX: Supported the company’s FCPA disgorgement and forfeiture calculation negotiations with the US DOJ and US SEC, assessing the revenues and profitability of contracts in the Middle East, where the alleged fraud took place.
- Development Firm: Supported litigation against a hedge fund that shorted the shares of the client, and then publicly criticized the client, making claims that it was a Ponzi scheme.
- Real Estate Firm: Supported the defense team in a criminal litigation against multiple senior executives.
Biography
Aeriel Houston has over 5 years of experience leading high-stakes investigations, disputes and forensic accounting matters for international clients. A CPA with a strong background in fraud, compliance, and risk management, she has supported global clients—including major financial institutions and multinational corporations—on complex cases involving bribery, corruption and financial misconduct.
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