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Cases · Risk, disputes & investigations · White-collar investigations & financial crime

Investigate a suspected internal fraud

We suspect fraud in our subsidiary abroad. How do we investigate?

WONE Global sets up a lawful investigation with local and forensic professionals and reports the findings to you.

Countries in the typical case Germany · Thailand

The situation

What is happening

Signs of fraud or bribery by staff or managers in a foreign subsidiary.

What is at stake

A mishandled investigation loses evidence, breaches local law and increases liability.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies

A scenario

GroupCorporation · from Germany · in Thailand

Unexplained payments have been found in its Thai subsidiary.

Where it ends The truth, established lawfully.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Internal fraud investigation”“Employee fraud overseas”“An employee is suspected of diverting company funds”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global sets up a lawful investigation with local and forensic professionals and reports the findings to you.

Usually led by Anti-bribery, sanctions and compliance, with Audit, Data protection and cyber and Employment, payroll and immigration.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. First daysCounsel and forensics engaged.
  2. Week 1Evidence secured.
  3. Weeks 2-6Investigation.
  4. ThenFindings.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Scope and legal privilege of the investigation
  2. 02Data collection under local privacy law
  3. 03Reporting to authorities and auditors

Outcomes

What you receive

  • An investigation plan
  • Findings and evidence
  • Remediation and reporting decisions

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Who handles it

Anti-bribery, sanctions and compliance, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Germanyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Thailandin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Cameroon WONE Global Partner Kelvin A. Egbe · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  4. China WONE Global Partner Roberto Gilardino · Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries Brief this Partner →
  5. Luxembourg WONE Global Partner Bruno Abbate · Owner - Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  6. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  10. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  11. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

Kelvin A. EgbeYaoundé · Cameroon

WONE Global Capability Partner · Cameroon

Kelvin A. Egbe

Managing Partner · Midas Law Group · Yaoundé

Attorney specialized in structuring, licensing, control, project permitting, patents, trademarks & Designs registration, venture financing, trade finance, regulatory intelligence & compliance, Financial markets, natural…

Roberto GilardinoShanghai · China

WONE Global Capability Partner · China

Roberto Gilardino

Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries · Horizons (Shanghai) Corporate Advisory Company · Shanghai

Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in North Asia as well as additional countries (including Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, UAE, Cyprus and Malta).

Pablo Andres GuerraQuito · Ecuador

WONE Global Capability Partner · Ecuador

Pablo Andres Guerra

Country Managing Partner · G&G Auditores Independientes & Lex Fiscal Corp · Quito

Experienced Partner with a demonstrated history of working in the accounting industry. Skilled in International Tax, External Audit, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Income Tax, and Tax. Strong entrepren…

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