Winifred Bancroft is a Senior Counsel in the firm’s Fraud Litigation & Recovery group who joined Whitfield & Crane from a Fortune 100 corporate investigations team. She focuses on civil fraud, RICO claims and judgment enforcement against scam operators. recovered funds in matters spanning five continents.

She advises clients across the United States and Canada 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.

Winifred is a graduate of Boston College Law School and Carnegie Mellon University, where she served on the law review. She writes and speaks frequently on fraud trends and is a member of the firm’s 24-hour incident-response desk.

• Recovered funds held at correspondent banks in 5 countries after recall attempts failed
• Coordinated the freeze of crypto assets across 17 exchanges after an exploit
Traced and froze assets layered through 10 entities in 6 countries in a single matter

Boston College Law School
B.A., Carnegie Mellon University

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

English

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