John Sboto provides Forensic Accounting and Financial Investigation services for Applied Facts. He has over thirty years of experience conducting investigative, auditing, and accounting services for fraud, financial and corporate internal investigations. Throughout his career, he has also provided services including business transaction due diligence consulting, fraud control assessments, and litigation support.

Sboto held the position of Fraud & Forensic Practice Leader in the Los Angeles office of a Big Four accounting firm. He has also served as the West Coast Director of Financial Investigations for Kroll Inc., and was partner in a Litigation Support consulting firm that provided clients with a wide range of consulting services involving accounting, finance, and business matters, with an emphasis on trade practices. Earlier in his career, he held the position of Audit Manager with another Big Four firm and, later, as a Manager of Internal Audit, and Manager of Corporate Accounting for a major West Coast utility/energy-related public holding company.

Sboto is also an active member and a former Vice Chairman of the Fraud Section of the California Society of CPA’s Litigation Services Committee, as well as a member of the Economic Damages Section. He has appeared as a featured speaker before various business and professional groups and serves on the Planning Committee for the annual conference on Fraud in Audit, Accounting, and Tax, sponsored by the California CPA Education Foundation.

Sboto is a CPA/Certified in Financial Forensics, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and a Licensed Private Investigator in the State of California.