Michael Milton is a Director in FRA’s Forensic Accounting practice with international experience in fraud, money laundering, corruption and cryptocurrency investigations (internal and regulatory) and compliance monitorships. His forensic accounting and anti-corruption experience spans “on-the-ground” assignments in over 20 jurisdictions. Before joining FRA, Michael spent six years in Kroll’s Financial Investigations practice. His representative experience includes: ​

• Supporting a multi-year corporate compliance monitorship of an international bank for market misconduct in the US Treasury markets, which involved detailed assessments of the bank’s surveillance function​
• Various cryptocurrency projects including: an altcoin wash trading investigation; cryptocurrency gambling investigation to support a claim of an outside party sponsoring the customer’s betting activity; supporting the court appointed Liquidators of a bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange and an investment scam investigation to identify the off ramps for further legal remedies​
• Investigating a large-scale fraud involving the collapse of three banks and the loss of USD 1 billion, on behalf of a Central Bank in Eastern Europe, which involved tracing funds through multiple jurisdictions and working alongside external counsel to identify disclosure orders and requests for further information​
• Managing an employee wrongdoing investigation within the London division of an FTSE 100 property development company, with several reports and evidence packs produced supporting witness statements to the Rolls Building to gain successful disclosure of financial records​
• Leading on-site workstreams across multiple site visits for the HSBC monitorship team in relation to its DPA with the DOJ following AML and sanctions control failings​
• Supporting the FRA Partner appointed by the US DOJ to serve as independent compliance monitor for a German automotive engineering firm following its role in helping an automobile company cheat vehicle emissions testing in relation to the Volkswagen “Dieselgate” scandal​
• Working alongside external counsel for an AIM-listed beauty company to conduct a forensic investigation into concerns held by the company’s external auditors, preventing the completion of the company’s annual audit​

Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with Physics from The University of Sheffield, qualified as an ACA chartered accountant (ICAEW) in 2013, and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He holds certifications for blockchain analysis tools including certified cryptocurrency investigator (CSI Tech), TRM Crypto Fundamentals Certification, Certified Investigator, Advanced Crypto Investigator and Crypto Compliance Specialist. ​