Most businesses will face a fraud or a dispute situation at some point – whether it is a problematic situation with a supplier, a customer, a regulator, internal problem, or a whole range of related issues.
Investigations
When you’re facing an investigation, allegation or crisis it’s essential to get to the crucial facts as quickly as possible. But these events typically come out of the blue, catching the organization unawares. We are here to support you at every stage, from identifying, extracting and analyzing relevant data, to making sure that you never face the same emergency again.
Our trained investigators leverage our collective investigative experience, leading technology tools, global reach and credibility with regulators to bring you insights with precision and speed.
While supporting you, we identify and analyze relevant financial and nonfinancial data, making it possible to detect fraud and other improper practices, estimate their scale, identify the individuals responsible, develop corrective measures and improve fraud management environment.
Our experts can help you with:
assistance in investigating suspected fraud related to corruption, accounting irregularities and misappropriation of funds;
acquisition of electronic documents and data related to suspected fraud, their analysis and review;
interviewing main employees involved in alleged irregularities or others suspected of being involved in the fraud or of knowing its background;
identification of weaknesses in internal controls;
forensic support to the internal audit team (planning and implementation);
forensic support in corporate fraud cases;
assessment of evidence in insurance claims;
forensics support in insurance claims;
regulatory investigations (AML Act, FCPA, UK Bribery Act);
compliance checks (contract vs legislation);
review of already conducted investigations.
In addition, we also offer help establishing whistleblower system for anonymous reporting of wrongdoing or other allegations:
Whistleblower hotline set-up assistance;
Policy design and implementation;
Compliance with EU WB directive
Disputes
We can assist you throughout a dispute process, whether in an informal forum or in litigation, mediation or arbitration.
We have worked with many clients to establish the facts, analyse the issues and develop their dispute resolution strategy.
Our strength comes not only from our forensic accounting expertise but also from the way we weave together teams of valuation, economic and industry specialists across the global PwC network to respond to your needs.
Whether you are already in or contemplating a dispute, we work with you to plan the best response and deal with it effectively. If matters do go to trial, we can help you every step of the way.
We can offer:
damage assessment and quantification;
expert opinions for courts;
support in negotiations, arbitration and dispute resolution;
support in local or international arbitration;
expert opinion and alternative dispute resolution services.
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