Trout Cacheris, PLLC to Conduct an Independent Audit for the Government of Ukraine

WASHINGTON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Trout Cacheris, PLLC announced today that it has been selected by the Government of Ukraine to perform a comprehensive, independent audit of Ukraine's state finances and operations.  Trout Cacheris will lead a team of professional legal and consulting firms that will include the world's leading investigative firm - Kroll, Inc. and the international law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP with which it enjoys a long standing professional relationship.  Once completed, the audit will provide the Government of Ukraine with an objective and thorough review of Ukraine's assets, the management of State resources, and expenditures made with government funds.

"We are pleased that we've been selected by the Government of Ukraine to direct such an experienced and internationally-renowned team in conducting this audit," said Plato Cacheris. "We look forward to working with the Government of Ukraine to identify any areas that may have hindered the country's ability to fully realize its economic potential."  

The collective efforts of Trout Cacheris, Kroll and Akin Gump will ensure that a highly-professional staff of multi-lingual lawyers, forensic accountants and investigators will be able to conduct their work effectively within the various Ukrainian government agencies and offices that may be involved in this audit.

Kroll, Inc. is the world's leading investigative and risk consulting company, with offices in 55 cities in the United States and around the world. Kroll's European and Middle Eastern practice is managed from London and has successfully carried out some of the most prominent financial, money laundering and forensic accounting investigations over the past decade.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP is a prominent international law firm with more than 800 lawyers and consultants working in fourteen offices around the world, including Washington, D.C., London, Geneva and Moscow.

About Trout Cacheris

Plato Cacheris and Bob Trout are former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors with extensive experience in national and international investigations. Both Trout and Cacheris are Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, an exclusive and distinguished society of trial lawyers who meet the highest standards of professional excellence. Plato Cacheris holds the highest level security clearances issued by the United States government as a result of his representation of numerous intelligence agents. Bob Trout is currently serving as special counsel to the District of Columbia Council with responsibility for investigating allegations of contracting irregularities in the DC government. He previously served as an Associate Deputy Independent Counsel in the investigation of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown during the Clinton Administration.

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