FRAUD INVESTIGATION

Through the reconstruction of event timelines, detailed analysis of transactions and relationship mapping, we identify conflicts of interest, governmental nexus and the ultimate beneficiaries of transactions in a forensically sound manner.

Companies, investors, directors, boards and legal advisors worldwide call on us for their complex accounting and reporting issues : 

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• Fraud and complex accounting and financial investigations

• Audit and special committee investigations

• Financial statement misstatements, inadequate disclosures and restatements

• Independent internal controls review and fraud risk assessment

• Accountant and auditor liability claims

• Technical accounting services

Our proactive risk assessments identify high-risk activity or customer groups using a combination of transaction analysis, expert open-source business intelligence analysis and know-your-customer (KYC) analysis. 

The satisfactory resolution of commercial disputes, or the recovery of the proceeds of fraud and embezzlement, frequently depends on successfully tracing and recovering assets. The location and ownership of those assets are often obscured through complex corporate, nominee or trust structures, and disbursed across multiple jurisdictions.  

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Asset Tracing and Recovery service penetrates efforts to shield cash, real estate, corporate holdings, financial instruments, commodities, and other tangible and intangible assets from discovery. We are experts in tracing funds and identifying assets through the most complex of money laundering schemes and corporate structures. Our findings have helped clients establish the asset position of parties in contract disputes, enforce international arbitration awards, and recover assets in the aftermath of litigation and arbitration, complex frauds and banking collapses. 

Our experts have deep experience in commercial disputes that require detailed financial and economic analyses, damages evaluation, loss attribution and valuations involving a wide range of matters, including breach of contract, corporate transactions and M&A disputes and insurance claims.

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We have extensive testifying experience in litigation and international arbitration under various rules, including those of the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, ICDR, HKIAC and SIAC.

evaluate an organization’s current regulatory and compliance practice, identify gaps and make recommendations for remediation so that companies can stay ahead of the shifting regulatory landscape.

We help organizations combat fraud and corruption risk in multiple ways:

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Fraud and Corruption Prevention: We use advanced risk assessment and data analytics to help identify and assess risks across an organization, whether due to inadequate compliance, ineffective physical or cyber security, misaligned incentives or problematic corporate culture.

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Fraud and Corruption Detection: When fraud or corruption is suspected, we analyze data, transactions and asset flows to identify and investigate anomalies. We work collaboratively with internal resources, providing additional specialized expertise and an independent third-party validation of their work and conclusions.

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Fraud and Corruption Investigation and Recovery: Clients call on us to investigate their most complex and cross-border issues, including those requiring time-sensitive decision making and the quick recovery of funds and stolen assets.

Facts and insights needed by a client to respond confidently to regulatory issues.

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When a regulatory breach is suspected or discovered, we assist clients and their legal advisors in gathering relevant facts and the extent of the potential problem. Our teams use forensic accounting and data analytics to identify anomalous transactions and reporting irregularities; trace fund flows across jurisdictions and through complex corporate structures; conduct fact-finding interviews; and deploy international investigative research analysts to uncover patterns and relationships. We then work with the company’s legal and regulatory leaders, as well as its outside counsel, to assess the exposure to regulatory action, issues involved in any self-reporting, and steps needed to remediate the situation. When clients decide to self-report, our findings are frequently used as the basis for their communication with regulators; we have presented our findings, alongside external counsel, to various international regulatory agencies.  

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Regulators in frontier, emerging and established markets rely on us because of our independence and our ability to provide forensic reviews of the highest standard.  

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