Cameron Pyper has over 12 years of professional experience providing forensic accounting, investigation, and audit/assurance services. For the past eight years, Cameron has practiced exclusively in the area of forensic and investigative accounting.
Cameron’s experience includes complex financial and workplace investigations conducted in the context of ongoing or anticipated civil litigation or criminal proceedings, typically involving allegations of fraud, embezzlement, kickbacks/secret commissions, corruption, procurement process manipulation, or other malfeasance. Cameron has also assisted clients and their counsel in matters involving commercial, shareholder/partnership, and estate/family law disputes. He has extensive experience in obtaining, analyzing and summarizing financial and non-financial information, tracing funds, conducting investigative interviews, preparing investigation reports, reviewing electronic documents and correspondence using eDiscovery software, and assisting legal counsel in preparing for examinations, discoveries, motions, and other phases of litigation.
In addition to his client work, Cameron has helped to develop anti-fraud training courses and articles, and wrote an in-depth research paper entitled, “The Role of the Forensic Accountant in Asset Tracing & Recovery Cases: A Review of Ten Years of Canadian Court Decisions”, as part of the Master of Forensic Accounting (MFAcc) program at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Cameron has also served as a Capstone Exam Evaluator and Student Research Project Mentor for the MFAcc program.
- Led fieldwork on a multi-year fraud and corruption investigation involving former employees and vendors of a large Canadian municipality, which led to criminal convictions as well as civil proceedings with over 100 defendants and over $20 million in alleged damages stemming from over a decade of alleged illicit dealings.
- Investigated multi-faceted embezzlement allegations relating to Chief Financial Officer of a beverage company, which included tracing funds and assets in Canada, South America, and the Caribbean.
- Investigated alleged misappropriation of funds from a Canadian mining company by the company’s external bookkeepers.
- Investigated allegations of inappropriate spending by a client’s former spouse and business partner.
- Assisted defense counsel in quantifying damages in an alleged misappropriation matter involving land developments, in which the amount claimed by the plaintiff was significantly excessive.
- Conducted analysis and prepared reports and other deliverables in connection with family law matters involving allegations of unreported income or undisclosed assets.
- Assisted in reviewing, editing, and fact checking forensic reports and other deliverables prepared by colleagues in a variety of matters involving fraud, breach of contract, conflicts of interest, theft of employer data, unpaid wages, and matrimonial disputes.
Education
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University of Toronto Mississauga
Master of Forensic Accounting
(Valedictorian, Dean’s List with Distinction), 2021 -
Queen’s University
Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honours), 2012 -
Queen’s University
Graduate Diploma in Accounting , 2012
Licenses/Certifications
- Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA)
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
- Master of Forensic Accounting (MFAcc)
Affiliations
- Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (CPA Ontario), Member
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Member
- Capstone Exam Evaluator and Student Research Project Mentor, Master of Forensic Accounting program, University of Toronto Mississauga
Languages
English