Litigative
Fraud Investigations &
Litigation Consulting
About
Under the direction of James Huddleston, Litigative uncovers concealed financial misconduct, untangles sophisticated fraud schemes, and strengthens clients’ strategic positions in high-stakes disputes.
Insight
Litigative identifies patterns others miss—mapping capital flows, reconstructing transaction histories, and analyzing opaque structures to reveal misconduct with clarity and precision.
Impact
Investigations have driven major recoveries and regulatory action by uncovering large-scale fraud, securities manipulation, circular lending, and multi-jurisdictional schemes.
Integrity
Every finding is grounded in disciplined analysis of records, financial movements, and disclosures—producing results that are accurate, defensible, and built for complex litigation.
Integration
Litigative works seamlessly with law firms, investigators, institutional clients, and specialists, delivering targeted expertise that fits directly into broader recovery and litigation strategies.
Proven Impact in High-Stakes Cases
American Bar Association
Case Studies
Fraud investigations supporting complex, high-stakes litigation
Selected Investigations & Litigation Support
A survey of high-impact independent investigations involving fraud reconstruction, asset tracing, and evidentiary support for institutional investors, counsel, and regulators.
$190M Mutual-Fund Ponzi Reconstruction
Exposed a multi-year scheme inflating 15 mutual funds with fictitious film-finance assets. Rebuilt the complete transaction history, tracing misappropriated investor capital across dozens of feeder vehicles and uncovering circular lending patterns. Report findings initiated OSC enforcement and court-order receivership returning $130M+ to investors.
$300M Film-Finance Diversion Scheme
Uncovered extensive revenue diversion and undisclosed insider transactions embedded in a multi-picture financing structure. Reconstructed production waterfalls, traced irregular repayments across affiliated entities, and quantified investor losses. Findings revealed a scheme believed to exceed $300M in diverted capital and supported ongoing multi-jurisdictional regulatory and civil actions.
$200M Green-Energy Pump-and-Dump
Identified a coordinated market-manipulation scheme involving fabricated technology claims, toxic convertible-debt cycles, and undisclosed insider distributions. Analyzed over 700 SEC filings, insider trading records, and promotional activity to map the manipulation pattern. Findings formed the basis of an SEC whistleblower submission and continue to support litigation and investigative efforts.
Private-Placement Misrepresentation
Conducted a forensic review of multiple Regulation D offerings, uncovering inflated valuations, related-party conflicts, and unreported capital deficiencies. Traced investor funds through operating subsidiaries, compared stated asset values to verifiable financials, and confirmed patterns of material omission. Findings informed pre-litigation strategies for counsel representing high-net-worth and institutional investors.
Specialized investigations for complex financial disputes.
Independent, data-driven research and analysis supporting litigation, arbitration, and regulatory matters.
Trusted by Attorneys, Regulators, and Investors
Where professionals turn for clear, credible, and actionable findings.
“Experts can be among the first to spot signs of potential misconduct in our markets. These subtle clues are often buried deep in reams of data and technical information decipherable only by someone with in-depth market knowledge or industry-specific expertise.”
Director | Ontario Securities Commission
“James has my highest level of admiration for the work he has done. I have never met anyone who has dedicated such a substantial amount of time and effort to right a wrong and to help others who have been the victims of fraud, without any certain reward for his work.“
Partner | Musick Peeler
“During his engagement, we uncovered massive fraud at a technology company, which exceeded $1.3 billion in scope. In the wake of our discovery, the company was delisted from the NYSE and settled extensive litigation against shareholders.”
Founder | Riedel Research Group
Financial Fraud Investigations & Case Development
Specialized financial analysis and evidence development for complex disputes.
Whistleblower Investigative Origination
Independent discovery and reconstruction of potential fraud, including evidence organization, capital-flow tracing, and scheme analysis prepared for whistleblower submissions to U.S. and Canadian regulators.
Forensic Research & Evidence Analysis
Comprehensive forensic review of financial statements, statutory filings, offering memoranda, investor communications, production budgets, and capital-flow data. The analysis identifies omissions, irregularities, and misstatements that may support securities, fraud, valuation, or contractual claims. Complex records are converted into structured, litigation-ready evidence.
Litigation Support & Case Development
Support for legal teams through detailed investigative reports, financial timelines, asset-tracing exhibits, damages models, and evidentiary frameworks. These materials strengthen pleadings, inform motion practice, support discovery, and improve mediation or settlement positioning by clarifying disputed facts and financial flows.
Fraud Reconstruction & Scheme Analysis
Reconstruction of fraudulent activity, including Ponzi mechanisms, pump-and-dump operations, circular repayment structures, insider-enrichment schemes, and related misconduct. Detailed tracing of investor funds and transaction cycles shows how a scheme operated, who benefited, and where liability and damages may arise.
Valuation & Financial Modeling
Development of valuation and damages models for disputes involving intellectual property, investment vehicles, securities, and media rights. Services include loss calculations, recoupment modeling, comparable-transaction analysis, misreported-revenue reconstruction, and financial-impact assessments designed to withstand regulatory and courtroom scrutiny.
James Huddleston
Founder, Litigative
Independent fraud investigator and litigation consultant focused on complex, cross-border financial disputes. Expertise includes uncovering and interpreting irregular financial transactions for use in litigation, arbitration, and regulatory proceedings.
Experience includes investigations across global markets involving securities fraud, film-finance schemes, and complex investment structures. Contributions to enforcement matters and major civil disputes led to pursuing advanced legal education in the U.K. and the U.S., to ultimately advocate on behalf of clients harmed by financial misconduct.
Experience
Engagements have contributed to substantial recoveries, auditor liability actions, and regulatory proceedings. Engagements have contributed to substantial recoveries, auditor liability actions, and regulatory proceedings, with analytical models, tracing work, and valuation frameworks used in court filings, enforcement submissions, negotiations, and high-stakes investigations.
Recognition
Investigative findings have informed substantial recoveries, auditor liability actions, regulatory enforcement, and complex civil disputes. Valuation frameworks and transaction reconstructions developed for these matters have been incorporated into court filings, whistleblower submissions, regulatory reports, settlement negotiations, and high-profile financial investigations.
Education
Credentials include an LL.M. in Corporate & Securities Law and an LL.B. from leading U.K. institutions, complemented by an LL.M. in U.S. Law at George Mason University, for California Bar qualification in 2026. This blend of investigative experience and dual-system legal training supports precise, strategically aligned analysis in cross-border litigation, enforcement matters, and recovery efforts.