Francesca Kingsley is a Associate in the firm’s Investment Fraud Litigation group who joined Whitfield & Crane from the U.S. Department of Justice. She focuses on Ponzi schemes, platform collapses and claims against third-party enablers. secured freezing orders in some of the fastest response times on record.

She advises clients across North America and Europe and works with the firm’s investigators and forensic accountants to move from first report to first freeze as quickly as the facts allow. She is admitted in New York and regularly coordinates matters with local counsel worldwide.

• Recovered funds held at correspondent banks in 4 countries after recall attempts failed
• Recovered $85 million for victims of a cross-border investment-platform collapse
Identified and froze extortion payments flowing through mixer services

University of Michigan Law School
B.A., Tufts University

New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

English
Tamil

Recipient of the firm’s Fraud Recovery Award