Decades of experience with global investigations.
We are retained to perform investigations resulting from regulatory inquiries, whistleblower allegations, failed examinations, and concerns raised by audit committees and their counsel, often in connection with parallel civil or criminal matters.
Our team conducts interviews with witnesses; locates, collects, preserves, and analyses electronic data; evaluates financial records; and delivers independent reports detailing their findings. We also consult with clients on remediation and compliance strategies that address issues identified during an investigation.
OUR EXPERTS HAVE INVESTIGATED ALLEGATIONS OF
- Distribution Fraud & Channel Stuffing
- Employee Fraud, Including Self-Dealing, Kickbacks & Theft of Confidential Information
- Fraudulent Billing
- Misuse of Funds; abuse of authority; conflict of interest
- Money Laundering & Tax Evasion
- Vendor Frauds; supply chain & logistics frauds
- Violations of Anti-Bribery Regulations, Including the FCPA, POCA & UK Bribery Act
- Violations of Import-Export Regulations, Incl OFAC Sanctions & Other Trade Restrictions
- Whistleblowers
- Business Functional Frauds – HR / Sales / Operations / Manufacturing / Finance / Procurement / Waste Disposal / Administration / Technology / IT /Legal etc.
- Asset & Skip Tracing
- Evidence Collection, Preservation and Analysis
- Loss Prevention & Crisis Management
- eDiscovery
- Data Analysis
- Fraud Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Global Watchlist Screening
- Assistance with Regulatory Inquiries
- Corruption & Kickbacks Investigations
- Know Your Customer (KYC) Research and Analysis
- Investigative Interviews
- Occupational Fraud Investigations
- Litigation Support
- Corporate Investigative Due Diligence
- Integrity, Ethics & Compliance Investigations
- Integrity, Ethics & Compliance Audits
Investigative Research & Human Intelligence
Our experts collate information from multiple sources including the full spectrum of publicly available information comprising media, internet, and social media; corporate registries; property records; tax and litigation filings; banking disclosures; regulatory filings; credit filings; customs data; aircraft and vessel tracking and ownership databases; company prospectuses; and information in proprietary and subscription databases.
Given the limitations and fragmented nature of the public record in many countries, our experts go beyond online resources, by ethically obtaining and leveraging information available on the ground on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis.
We utilize human sources to fill information gaps, corroborate data, and generate new leads. Along with a vast global network of discreet sources, we have extensive experience in identifying and approaching specific sources that have direct knowledge of the assets of a sovereign, company, or individual.
Yes, we deliver actionable intelligence to support recoveries in large-scale litigation and arbitration claims, judgements, and awards acting for corporations, banks, law firms, hedge funds, and litigation funders. All these services are delivered across the globe. While we have our offices in different cities of India and UAE, we have our associate partners across the globe to help us gather the desired intelligence in recovery matters. We work with counsels both pre-litigation and post-judgment and award to help assess and recover assets across Asia, North & South America, Africa, Europe and Middle East.
Corporations, investment banks, private equity firms, and hedge funds look to Inquest experts to develop critical reputational and operational information in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, franchise and license arrangements, and the retention of key suppliers and distributors.
We provide direct, clear, and objective advice to clients who seek to understand and mitigate their cyber risk. We put our experience and practical awareness to work to provide rapid and successful solutions. Our team includes former law enforcement agents who specialized in cyber-crime investigations, network security experts who focus on penetration testing and “red team” assessments, forensic accountants and equipment consultants.
Our team is retained by organizations to identify and mitigate risks associated with complex banking and crypto products in alignment with regulatory expectations to stem the flow of illicit funds through the financial system. We leverage technology and analytic expertise to offer practical solutions in risk mitigation and aligned with regulatory priorities.
Charges and TAT shall depend upon the scope of each investigation, expected delivery. In some cases the results delivery can be sped up but that requires deploying additional resources and hence an additional cost. The cost and TAT also depends upon the number of investigations to be conducted within a stipulated time for e.g. cases of Asset or Skip tracing etc. Speak to us to know more on our cost structures.