Corporate Investigations

The team of PC Investigations have years of experience investigating Corporate crime and working together with HR departments, Internal / External Auditors and Lawyers. We have conducted hundreds of fraud investigations in both the public and private sectors. We will gather all relevant evidence to criminal standards whether it is to be used for internal disciplinary procedures or for external reporting . All our investigations will be carried out in a confidential, tactful and courteous manner.

Can we carry out an investigation for your company?

We will only take on cases that we are competent to carry out. We will NOT take on cases that breach the strict code of conduct and ethics of ACFE, WAPI or ACI . We will NOT do anything that would involve our conduct breaking any laws.

We have dealt with a huge variety of cases. The links below lists some examples of the type of investigations we have regularly carried out and some case studies. This list is by no means exhaustive but does detail the most common types of fraud we discover.

We offer a free no-obligation consultation where we will require fairly detailed information in order to assess the next steps. Any information you provide will be in strict confidence regardless of whether we take on the case or not.

Conflict of Interest

The most common breach of company policy. We regularly discover an employee has:

  • Close family relationships with suppliers or contractors that he deals with.
  • Undeclared interest / ownership in other companies
  • Carry out other business activities during company time and using company equipment.
  • Accept gifts in return for favourable treatment.

Contract & Procurement Fraud

Numerous types of C&P frauds exist at all phases of the contracting process. Most involve dishonest contractors often in collusion with an employee. Examples are:

  • Pre-Tender Phase— Collusion in determining needs and did specification.
  • Tendering and Negotiation Phase - Premature opening of bids, altering bids, extension of bid opening dates, falsifying bid records, bid rigging, bid suppression, phantom bids, bid rotaion, complimentary bids, defective Pricing
  • Performance Stage - Product substitution, accounting, material and labour mischarges

Misuse, Misappropriation or theft of Company resources / assets

Bribery & Facilitation Payments

Either the corruption of a public official or commercial bribery to gain a commercial or business advantage.

  • Anti-trust (regulatory)
  • FCPA (regulatory)

Other

Lifestyle checks

Pre /post employment screening