Due Diligence Investigation After Allegations
Make Informed Decisions
Through Accurate Due Diligence
International Due Diligence Investigation After Allegations
For over half a decade, our veteran investigators have dug deep into allegations of bribery and corruption, the systems that facilitate bribery, and all the agents in every region worldwide.
Corruption and Bribery Investigations
When faced with allegations in your organization, we work quickly with the in-house. Making an informed decision by Outside counsel, such as dismissing an employee or agent, terminating a contract, or reporting the incident to a government agency. Our due diligence investigation after allegations may also help to clear the truth and show no occurrence of wrongdoing.
Extend the Reach of Your Legal Team
Working from seven jurisdictions our multilingual staff can reach a legal or compliance team in any language, geography, or industry across time zones. Our investigators have firsthand knowledge of the local culture and business environment in the countries where we work, and they are trained in diligently conducting detailed and ethical interviews, record reviews, and evidence gathering.
Where the Bribes Are
We published and continue to update an interactive visualization called Where the Bribes Are as a continued training to our team, which is cited as the compliance steps for our community. Most of our assignment often begins online and ends in-country. Even under challenging jurisdictions and languages, we approach knowledgeable individuals, collect documentary evidence, and perform accounting forensics and if necessary, computer investigations.
Fraud Investigations
Insider and Outsider Fraud Investigations
Whether investigating insiders or outsiders, DD Specialist Agency knows how to re-trace fraudsters’ steps, uncover undisclosed relationships among businesses and people, and “follow the money.” Internal investigations may involve various suspected misdeeds inside our clients' companies. When the alleged fraud is by outsiders, such as fraud on investors, we have a sharp eye for the inconsistencies, omissions, and other red flags that point to who should have known when and where. When allegations arise, we are notified so that in-house and outside counsels can make informed decisions, such as terminating an employee, filing a lawsuit, or referring a matter to a regulator or law enforcement authority. Our due diligence investigation after allegations may yield results that clear them up.
Global Fraud Investigations
Working from seven jurisdictions, our multilingual team can help a legal or compliance team reach out in any language, geography, or industry. Our investigators are trained in conducting detailed and ethical interviews and have firsthand knowledge of the local culture and business environment in the countries where we work. Our due diligence investigation after allegations frequently starts online and ends in-country. We approach knowledgeable people, gather documentary evidence, and conduct cost-effective forensic accounting and computer examinations even in difficult jurisdictions and languages. Facts relevant to allegations are often hidden along the obscure paper.
Representative Matters
Ponzi Scheme
Over the past 5 years, AF1 Protective Agency conducted a large-scale investigation of a Ponzi scheme on behalf of S.E.C. Attorneys, in which we knocked on the doors of hundreds of witnesses worldwide. Our work has been integral to untangling complex money flows and who knew what about the fraud, leading to significant discoveries and judgments.
Hidden Ties to Investors
We helped an energy company respond to whistle-blower allegations about an employee’s under-the-table ties to vendors. One time, in a due diligence investigation after allegations, we interviewed vendors (over whom we had no power to compel) while counsel interviewed employees at their client sites.
False Invoice
For a multinational company, we assisted counsel's internal investigation of false invoicing by a finance-department employee. We identified side companies the suspect created and used in the fraud and uncovered the suspect’s extravagant lifestyle and intention to move abroad. We consulted with local law enforcement to effect an arrest and provided evidential findings to support a prosecution.
After Allegations of Workplace Misconduct
Global Presence and Local Understanding
Our multilingual staff can reach a legal or compliance team in any language, geography, or industry, working from seven jurisdictions. Our investigators are trained in conducting detailed and ethical interviews and have firsthand knowledge of the local culture and business environment in the countries where we work. Our work is initiated online and ends in-the field. Even under challenging jurisdictions and obscure languages, we approach knowledgeable people, collect documentary evidence, and conduct cost-effective forensic accounting and computer examinations. We are used to working when allegations come up so that in-house counsel or external counsel makes informed decisions, such as filing a lawsuit, terminating an employee, or notifying a regulator.
Sexual Misconduct
We examined the credibility of both the accuser and the accused in a case, as well as the claimed corroboration the friend’s accuser have shared. We spoke with current and former co-workers (who seemed to volunteer information), later and discovered that our investigation was running concurrently with the accused's cover-up, including questionable tampering of the witness. Workplace Misconduct Investigations: Our investigations may also clear up allegations. Workplace allegations indicate no wrongdoing.
Harassment
In a past due diligence investigation after allegations, we investigated the source of anonymous threatening emails sent to administrators by more than a dozen email accounts over a multiple year period on behalf of a large academic institution. We were able to identify a former employee of the institution as a suspect; based on our forensic analysis of email headers and other online activity associated with the email handlings. A forensic review of the computer used at work by the former employee developed evidence from email and internet traffic that confirmed that they were indeed the author of the emails.
Information Theft
A prominent publisher asked us to investigate the pre-publication leak of a best-selling book after an anonymous blogger had posted excerpts of the book. By analyzing stylistic clues in the blogger's writings and searching historical domain registration records, we found a defunct website with information that helped us identify him.
Sexual Abuse
In a due diligence investigation after allegations of sexual abuse at an international school, we conducted sensitive interviews with staff and parents of students. In addition, we advised the school on drafting new policies and actions to ensure children's safeguarding.
Embezzlement
In the Northern France., we investigated an employee accountant who had misappropriated millions of Euros from a client’ business account for more than a decade. This involved proving ownership of certain assets that had been frozen in proceedings.