Sofia Hussain
Education
M.Sc., development studies, London School of Economics; B.S., business administration and accounting, and B.A., English, Boston University
Summary of Experience
Ms. Hussain is a forensic accountant with extensive expertise in financial investigations, fraud detection, and litigation matters across consulting, regulatory, and law enforcement settings. She specializes in securities law violations, including insider trading, Ponzi schemes, market manipulation, and public company accounting and disclosure fraud, as well as banking fraud, terrorism, and espionage cases. Ms. Hussain has served as a witness in federal proceedings, providing testimony in matters involving securities law violations, accounting fraud, insider trading, market manipulation, and investment adviser conduct. Prior to joining Analysis Group, she was a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche, where she advised audit teams worldwide on fraud risk assessment, helped redesign audit procedures to detect fraud, and supported the firm’s development of AI-driven tools to enhance accounting fraud detection. Previously, at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), she worked on numerous investigations and litigation matters, including high-profile accounting fraud, cryptocurrency, and insider trading cases. She also spearheaded the adoption of advanced data analytics and link-analysis tools in the agency’s work. Earlier in her career, she served as a forensic accountant at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where she uncovered a 20-year Ponzi scheme and provided grand jury testimony leading to indictments, and as a senior consultant in Deloitte Financial Advisory Services’ forensic and dispute services practice. Ms. Hussain is an adjunct professor at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University’s M.S. in Accounting Analytics program and is a certified public accountant (CPA) licensed in Massachusetts.