David
Sawyer
As a forensic accountant and financial crimes investigator for civil litigation and criminal prosecution, David Sawyer has served as consulting or testifying expert in approximately 300 investigations involving fraud, corruption, financial damages and a variety of other legal disputes. He has provided expert witness testimony in more than two dozen of those matters. David served a key role in developing software designed as an early warning system to detect red flags of fraud, waste, abuse and white-collar crime. He has also worked as an advisor on the global initiative to combat, prevent and detect multi-national economic and military espionage, as well as the proliferation of WMD, terrorist financing and money laundering.
Previously, David was a partner with a Top 50 Regional CPA / Advisory Firm and managing consultant with forensic units of two Big Four accounting firms. A former internal auditor for Fortune 500 corporations, Mr. Sawyer still regularly consults with organizations on improvements of internal controls, as well as fraud prevention and detection. David is a Board Member Emeritus of the Georgia Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners, where he was elected president four times. Currently, he is a member of the Fraud and Forensic Services Advisory Council for the Georgia Society of CPA’s and is Co-Chairman for the Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS). David is a graduate of Auburn University and has addressed thousands of professionals and students on the topic of fraud investigation and forensic accounting. He is a published author and has provided expert commentary for the Atlanta news media affiliates of ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and NPR.