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Our firm delivers comprehensive due diligence, fraud-risk assessments, investigative intelligence, and internal investigation support to corporations, financial institutions, private equity, law firms, and government clients. Using advanced analytics, machine learning, cyber-intelligence, and OSINT, we deliver clear, actionable insights that drive strategic, compliant decision-making.

 

1. Corporate & Transactional Due Diligence

Counterparty, Client & Vendor Integrity Checks

  • Verification of corporate identity, ownership, and UBOs.
  • AI-enabled document authentication and fraud detection.
  • Automated adverse-media analytics, litigation mapping, and enforcement-screening.
  • Dynamic risk scoring dashboards reflecting jurisdiction, sector, and behavioral risk.

M&A / Investment Due Diligence

  • Integrity and compliance reviews of acquisition targets.
  • Predictive modeling for regulatory, financial, and operational exposure.
  • FCPA, OFAC, AML, and export-control risk assessments.
  • Cybersecurity posture and data-breach analytics integrated into target risk scoring.

 

2. Executive, Individual & Leadership Due Diligence

Key Person Integrity Assessments

  • Credential, license, and employment verification across all U.S. jurisdictions.
  • Litigation, bankruptcy, and enforcement history analysis via risk filters.
  • Continuous PEP, sanctions, and watchlist screening.

Reputational & Social Media Analytics

  • AI-driven sentiment, toxicity, and behavioral-language analysis.
  • Network-mapping of associates, affiliations, and potential conflicts.
  • Digital footprint risk indicators derived from OSINT and SOCMINT sources.

 

3. AML, Sanctions & Financial Crime Due Diligence

Financial Integrity Risk Assessments

  • Transactional analytics using anomaly-detection algorithms.
  • ML-based typology matching for fraud, corruption, TBML, sanctions-evasion, and other schemes.
  • Quantitative assessment of AML/CFT control effectiveness.

Sanctions & Export-Control Reviews

  • Sanctions-risk analytics with AI-driven UBO correlation engines.
  • Maritime/supply-chain intelligence (AIS signals, routing anomalies, deceptive shipping practices).
  • End-use, end-user, and dual-use goods risk classification.

 

4. Third-Party, Vendor & Supply-Chain Due Diligence

Third-Party Integrity Screening

  • Risk-segmented onboarding models for vendors, distributors, and agents.
  • Country, sector, ownership, and operational risk metrics combined into unified profiles.
  • Continuous monitoring for ownership changes, sanctions, litigation, or media signals.

Supply-Chain & ESG Risk

  • ESG event-detection (forced labor, environmental violations, corruption).
  • Jurisdictional risk heatmaps for 200+ countries.
  • Assessment of sourcing claims, traceability, and compliance certifications.

 

5. Litigation, Asset Tracing & Investigative Support

Litigation Intelligence & Profiling

  • Opposing-party profiling using litigation analytics (frequency, outcome patterns, jurisdictions).
  • Settlement benchmarking and dispute-behavior analytics.
  • Witness and expert assessments with conflict-of-interest screening.

Domestic Asset Tracing

  • Identification of real property, bank relationships, corporate holdings, liens, and UCC filings.
  • Recovery-likelihood analytics based on asset type and jurisdiction.
  • Cyber-enabled investigations including dark-web, credential leaks, and breach intelligence.

 

6. Vulnerability to Fraud Assessment

A dedicated service for identifying exposure to fraudulent activities of any kind

We provide comprehensive assessments designed to identify, measure, and mitigate an organization’s vulnerability to fraud, misconduct, and abuse—including internal, external, cyber-enabled, and hybrid schemes.

Fraud-Risk Mapping & Exposure Analysis

  • Enterprise-wide fraud-risk mapping across operational, financial, and digital processes.
  • Identification of red-flag indicators, pressure points, and systemic weaknesses.
  • Behavioral analytics for insider-threat detection.

Fraud Typology & Scenario Modeling

Evaluation of exposure to:

  • Procurement fraud
  • Billing and reimbursement fraud
  • Embezzlement and asset misappropriation
  • Vendor-collusion schemes
  • Cyber fraud, phishing, business email compromise (BEC)
  • Payroll fraud
  • Intellectual property and trade-secret theft
  • Financial-statement manipulation
  • Scenario simulations using AI-driven stress testing and predictive modeling.

Control Environment Assessment

  • Review of internal controls, segregation of duties, and approval workflows.
  • Vulnerability analytics for high-risk departments (Finance, Procurement, HR, IT).
  • Assessment of reporting hotlines, whistleblowing protections, and incident-response protocols.

Technological Vulnerability Testing

  • Exposure to deepfake-enabled fraud, synthetic identity attacks, and manipulated documentation.
  • Evaluation of cybersecurity posture and susceptibility to credential compromise.
  • OSINT- and dark-web-based checks for leaked internal data or impersonation attempts.

Fraud Readiness & Response Planning

  • Development of prevention frameworks, internal controls, and rapid-response playbooks.
  • Training for leadership, compliance, risk, and procurement teams.
  • Recommendations for continuous monitoring tools and automated fraud-detection systems.

 

7. Fraud Investigations, Internal Investigations & Parallel Investigations

Comprehensive investigative support for organizations facing fraud, misconduct, or regulatory scrutiny

We conduct discreet, defensible investigations into suspected or confirmed fraud, misconduct, corruption, financial irregularities, or control failures. Our approach integrates forensic accounting, digital forensics, OSINT, cyber analytics, and regulatory investigation standards, ensuring findings are actionable, legally sound, and operationally meaningful.

A. Corporate Fraud Investigations

Full-Scope Fraud Investigation Services

  • Investigation of embezzlement, procurement fraud, collusion, kickbacks, billing schemes, inventory fraud, falsified vendor relationships, and management-level misconduct.
  • Tracing of funds, assets, beneficiaries, and networks through advanced analytics and forensic techniques.
  • Coordination with legal counsel to support potential civil, criminal, or administrative actions.

Forensic Accounting & Financial Analysis

  • Detailed analysis of financial statements, ledgers, transactions, and expense flows.
  • Identification of anomalies, manipulations, and off-book arrangements.
  • Reconstruction of financial events and quantification of losses.

B. Internal Investigations

Internal Workplace & Misconduct Investigations

  • Investigations into employee misconduct, code-of-conduct breaches, conflicts of interest, data misuse, harassment (non-HR legal matters), and unauthorized disclosures.
  • Interviews, evidence collection, documentation review, and compliance analysis.
  • Collaboration with HR, legal, ethics, compliance, and audit teams.

Insider Threat & Behavioral Analytics

  • AI-driven behavioral risk analysis for identifying potential insider threats.
  • Review of access logs, communication patterns, privilege escalation, and data extraction indicators.
  • Risk scoring of individuals posing internal fraud or integrity risks.

Control Breakdown Identification

  • Identification of procedural failures, weak controls, or opportunities exploited by the fraud.
  • Recommendations for corrective actions and structural remediation.

C. Parallel Investigations

Parallel investigations occur when civil, regulatory, or administrative matters run concurrent with potential criminal exposure. Our firm assists clients in navigating these complex, multi-track environments.

Civil–Criminal Parallel Investigations

  • Coordination of investigative strategy across civil litigation, regulatory reviews, and potential criminal prosecution.
  • Evidence mapping, preservation, and chain-of-custody compliance.
  • Support for law firms in anticipating regulatory or criminal inquiries stemming from civil matters.

Regulatory & Enforcement Parallel Reviews

  • Preparing organizations for concurrent inquiries by:
    • SEC
    • FINRA
    • OFAC
    • DOJ
    • State Attorneys General
    • Banking/Securities regulators
  • Assessment of disclosure obligations and potential liability exposure.

Crisis Management & Incident Response

  • Rapid deployment of investigative resources following whistleblower reports, cyber intrusions, data breaches or internal allegations.
  • Communication protocols and strategic mapping for boards and executive leadership.
  • Integration of legal, compliance, and public-relations considerations.

D. Digital & Cyber Fraud Investigations

  • Digital forensics (email analysis, device imaging, log review, metadata extraction).
  • Cyber-enabled fraud investigations (BEC, phishing, credential compromise, impersonation).
  • Dark-web, breach intelligence, and domain/IP infrastructure analysis.
  • Attribution support for cyber fraud, ransomware, or internal data exfiltration.

E. Investigative Reporting & Legal Support

  • Clear, defensible investigative reports suitable for use in litigation, arbitration, regulatory submissions, or board presentations.
  • Expert-witness support and testimony preparation where required.
  • Assistance with voluntary disclosures or remediation reports for regulators.

 

8. Risk Analytics & Intelligence Technology

Unified Risk-Scoring Engine

  • Multi-factor scoring integrating jurisdiction, ownership complexity, sanctions exposure, ESG events, cyber risk, and behavioral anomalies.

Machine Learning & Predictive Analytics

  • Fraud-probability models and early-warning indicators.
  • Predictive litigation risk and dispute-behavior forecasting.
  • Scenario stress-testing across financial, compliance, and operational domains.

NLP & Automated Document Intelligence

  • Large-scale automated review of regulatory actions, media, filings, and disclosures.
  • Topic clustering, sentiment scoring, and narrative-risk detection.

OSINT, SOCMINT & Cyber Intelligence

  • Real-time monitoring across social media, global news, online forums, and dark-web sources.
  • Domain/IP infrastructure mapping for cyber-fraud attribution.
  • Data-leak detection, credential compromise analytics, and threat-intelligence reporting.

Dashboards & Visualization

  • Risk heatmaps, network-relationship diagrams, and predictive trend indicators.
  • Executive-level summaries designed for boards, GRC teams, counsel, and investors.

 

9. Reporting, Certification & Training

Actionable Deliverables

  • Standard, enhanced, and deep-dive due diligence reports.
  • Red-flag alerts with practical mitigation strategies.
  • Certificates of due diligence findings and methodology statements.

Training & Capacity Building

  • Workshops on fraud prevention, OSINT, sanctions, risk analytics, and vendor management.
  • Assistance in developing fraud-prevention policies, AML programs, and onboarding frameworks.

Why Clients Choose Us

  • Advanced Risk Analytics & Fraud Detection Technology
  • Deep U.S. Regulatory Expertise (FCRA, OFAC, SEC, FINRA, AML/CFT)
  • Secure & Discreet Operations with Legal-Standards Compliance
  • Global Investigative Reach
  • Decision-Ready Intelligence in Clear, Logical Formats

Contact Us

 


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