Michael R. Busen, CFE

For more than 22 years, Michael Busen has provided complex data analysis and litigation support to attorneys and Fortune 500 clients. These matters have involved white-collar crime issues, sales practices investigations, export controls and sanctions compliance, product liability, healthcare and pharmaceutical litigation, government pricing disputes and insurance coverage disputes.

Mr. Busen’s work focuses on the acquisition, assimilation and analysis of large disparate data sets to solve complex problems. Mr. Busen has collaborated with client IT personnel to identify and extract pertinent data. He has used various technical programs to effectively analyze, prepare and present results in a format easily understood by regulators, counsel, company executives and juries. Mr. Busen has presented findings to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), assistant United States attorneys and other governmental agencies.

Mr. Busen has assisted clients with all stages of the litigation life cycle, including support of summary and expert witnesses. He has performed detailed financial transaction tracing between bank accounts, developed complex models to identify potential exposure and assisted in the production of structured data during discovery.

Mr. Busen has performed work in the air freight, automotive, financial services, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, telecom and retail industries. His clients include Am Law 200 law firms, Fortune 500 companies and the DOJ.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Busen was a manager at another international consulting firm. Mr. Busen received his B.S. in Finance and Marketing Management from the Pamplin School of Business at Virginia Tech. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Relevant Experience:

• Assisting a large broker dealer investigate and remediate issues with their Electronic Bluesheet (“EBS”) reporting process, requiring tracing transactions from source system input through the EBS reporting process to identify root cause issues and develop remediation strategies that ensure appropriate reporting to regulators on a go-forward basis
• Supporting the Madoff Trustee in the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities
• Assisted the Receiver of ZeekRewards, a multilevel marketing business that ran a penny auction website turned Ponzi scheme, identifying net winners and losers, seizing assets and reimbursing claimants with approved claims over 84% of their investments
• Supported Shearman & Sterling’s investigation into Wells Fargo’s sales practices