Jesse R. Morton

Jesse R. Morton is a managing director in BRG’s Forensic Accounting practice based in Atlanta. He has professional experience as a consultant, lawyer, accountant, investigator, and Big Four internal and external auditor. 

Mr. Morton works with businesses on government program-related economic assistance, including the CARES Act, which includes the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Employee Retention Credit (ERC). Specifically, he works directly with businesses and their advisors (i.e., CPAs, attorneys, bankers) on compliance and fraud prevention, detection, response, and remediation-related services. This includes evaluating and enhancing application/claim documentation and support, responding to information document requests (IDRs), performing independent evaluations of eligibility and supportability, responding to civil investigative demands (CIDs), ERC provider audit readiness and claim portfolio analysis, taxpayer audit support, and litigation/enforcement action support, including providing expert assistance in litigation against the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice. 

Mr. Morton regularly helps clients perform investigations related to financial statement fraud, asset misappropriation, and/or illegal acts and regulatory compliance/violations; securities and trading violations; Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-money laundering (AML) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)/sanctions-related issues; anti-bribery/corruption (ABC) and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) program development, compliance, audit, and remediation; elder financial exploitation; and mortgage and loan origination/servicing fraud. He also helps clients establish and enhance regulatory compliance and ongoing monitoring processes and procedures; perform asset-tracing and financial analysis; manage insider threat and third-party risk; and with matters related to litigation.