Mary Bass
Data Scientist, Forensic Accountant, and Litigation Support in USA
Mary Bass
Data Scientist, Forensic Accountant, and Litigation Support in USA
I am a Senior Forensic Accountant and Senior Level Data Scientist with more than twenty years of experience uncovering complex financial misconduct, reconstructing concealed transactions, and translating dense financial and data evidence into clear, persuasive findings for attorneys, courts, and decision-makers.
My work sits at the intersection of forensic accounting, advanced data analytics, and legal research.
I specialize in matters where conventional audits fail; cases involving layered entities, nonprofit and foundation misuse, related-party transactions, conflicted governance, financial obfuscation, and evidentiary manipulation across civil, criminal, probate, and post-conviction contexts.
Throughout my career, I have led and supported high-stakes forensic investigations involving:
•Financial fraud and asset misappropriation
•Nonprofit and charitable foundation abuse
•Conflicts of interest and undisclosed financial relationships
•Complex trust, estate, and fiduciary disputes
•Data driven impeachment of financial and documentary evidence
•Reconstruction of destroyed, altered, or intentionally obscured records
I am particularly known for my ability to synthesize large, disordered data sets -banking records, tax filings, corporate disclosures, public records, digital artifacts, and transactional logs - into coherent narratives that expose motive, method, and monetary impact.
My analyses are built to withstand adversarial scrutiny and are structured for use in pleadings, expert declarations, discovery, and trial strategy.
Investigative & Qui Tam Experience (Anonymized Summary)
In recent years, my work has expanded into whistleblower and qui tam investigations, where I have conducted independent financial and data analyses revealing systemic irregularities across multiple sectors. These matters have included, in anonymized form:
•Identification of undisclosed financial relationships between private companies, event-services entities, and politically connected actors, including evidence of coordinated asset transfers and revenue diversion inconsistent with public representations.
•Forensic review of nonprofit and foundation donation flows, uncovering patterns suggesting reputational laundering, donor-influence pathways, and potential violations of charitable-use restrictions.
•Analysis of institutional funding and affiliated-entity transactions involving public universities, private foundations, and commercial partners, highlighting governance weaknesses and financial opacity.
•Data-driven examination of political fundraising ecosystems, including PAC adjacent activity, donor overlap, timing correlations, and narrative amplification mechanisms that raise significant compliance and ethics questions.
All such work is conducted with strict attention to evidentiary integrity, source verification, and legal exposure management. Where appropriate, findings are prepared for referral, litigation support, or protected disclosure.
Legal Research & Post-Conviction Work
In addition to my financial and data expertise, I perform advanced legal and factual research, particularly in cases involving wrongful convictions and systemic justice failures.
I work closely with defense counsel and post-conviction teams to identify financial, procedural, and evidentiary weaknesses that may have been overlooked or obscured at trial, including failures of disclosure, conflicted incentives, and misuse of purported “expert” evidence.
This work has reinforced my reputation as a relentless researcher with the technical depth to challenge official narratives using primary data, original analysis, and meticulous documentation.
Professional Foundation
M.B.A., University of California, Berkeley – Haas School of Business
B.S. in Accounting, University of California, Berkeley
Advanced Data Science Certification, Johns Hopkins University
Forensic Accounting Certification, West Virginia University
I bring a rare combination of financial rigor, analytical sophistication, and investigative tenacity to every engagement.
Clients retain me when the matter is sensitive, complex, and consequential; and when the truth must be proven, not merely alleged.