Financial Crime

Financial crime rarely stays in one place. Funds move through shell companies, nominee accounts and offshore jurisdictions precisely because that makes them hard to follow. We follow them.

We investigate fraud, bribery and corruption, and money laundering on behalf of corporations, financial institutions, law firms and boards of directors. Engagements range from a single suspect transaction to multi-year schemes involving several jurisdictions and dozens of entities.

Our work typically includes:

• Fraud investigations: internal fraud, procurement and vendor fraud, misappropriation, false accounting, and investment and securities fraud.

• Bribery and corruption: allegations involving public officials, agents and intermediaries, including matters with exposure under Canada’s CFPOA, the U.S. FCPA and the UK Bribery Act.

• Money laundering: reviews of suspicious activity, typology analysis, and investigations into how criminal proceeds entered and moved through an organization.

• Asset and funds tracing: following money through bank accounts, corporate vehicles and real property to locate assets and support recovery.

• Beneficial ownership: identifying the individuals behind layered corporate and trust structures.

• Interviews and evidence: witness and subject interviews, document review and forensic analysis of financial and transactional records.

Investigations are run with the discipline of law enforcement casework. Evidence is gathered lawfully, sources are verified, and findings are documented to a standard that holds up before regulators, auditors and the courts.

Where a matter crosses borders, we draw on established contacts across North America, the Middle East, South Asia and beyond, and we understand how financial crime is actually committed.