Georgina Prescott

Georgina Prescott
Associate · Cybercrime & Ransomware Response
Whitfield & Crane LLP
GeorginaPrescott@Whitfieldcranelaw.com
New York
Biography
Georgina Prescott is a Associate in the firm’s Cybercrime & Ransomware Response group who has been with the firm since its early years. She focuses on extortion response, breach triage and litigation against threat actors. recovered assets in matters involving dozens of banks and exchanges.
She advises clients across North America and Latin America 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.
Representative Matters
- Returned $36 million to victims of a romance-token scam spanning 9 countries
- Secured a $82 million judgment against offshore operators and their enablers Identified and froze extortion payments flowing through mixer services
Education
University of Texas School of Law
B.A., Northwestern University
Bar Admissions
New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Languages
English
Cantonese
Recognition
Recipient of the firm’s Fraud Recovery Award
