Biography
Andrew Sotak is a Managing Director at Ankura with more than 12 years of experience in forensic accounting, litigation consulting, and tax and audit advisory. He is a CPA and CFE who leads complex financial investigations, provides securities litigation support, manages forensic accounting responsibilities on receiverships and monitorships, and advises on technical accounting matters. Andrew specializes in matters involving digital assets, blockchains, and cryptocurrencies and he is the head of Ankura’s Cryptocurrency Working Group. Andrew is based in New York.
Andrew has extensive experience in leading complex investigations involving cryptocurrencies and other digital assets and has performed detailed tracing analyses leading to the recovery of millions of USD in digital assets across multiple blockchains, DeFi smart contracts, and cryptocurrency exchanges. He holds CTCE and CCFI certifications for cryptocurrency investigations and crypto asset tracing, and an Economics of Blockchain and Digital Assets certificate from the Wharton School.
Andrew has worked on investigations involving cash and asset tracing, fraud and money laundering, forensic accounting analysis, and the evaluation of technical accounting issues such as revenue recognition. He is experienced in conducting forensic interviews of accounting and other corporate personnel and as well as in identifying and analyzing relevant documentation in the performance of financial investigations. He has worked in various industries and geographies, including the Middle East, Central America, and Europe.