Practice 01 · of eight
Corporate fraud, misconduct & integrity investigations
Independent investigation of suspected fraud, theft, procurement irregularities, conflicts of interest, employee misconduct and undisclosed relationships — conducted separately from the people who may be implicated.
- Instructed byBoard, audit, legal or HR
- Typical duration2–6 weeks
- Commercial basisFixed scope, phased
- Tested byBoard, CCMA, regulator
Questions this practice answers
Clients rarely arrive with a service in mind.
- Did the conduct occur, and who was involved?
- Is there an undisclosed interest behind this supplier or appointment?
- Were controls bypassed, and how?
- Will the finding survive a disciplinary hearing or referral?
What the work involves
Within the ten-stage process.
- Stages 01–03
Screening and lawful basis
Conflict checks, client verification and a recorded legality position before anything operational begins.
- Stage 04
Mandate design
The allegation is converted into testable propositions with defined boundaries and exclusions.
- Stage 05
Collection and testing
Documents, systems output, interviews and public digital sources — corroborated rather than accumulated.
- Stage 06
Grading
Each proposition is graded, with discrepancies and unresolved gaps stated explicitly.
Deliverable
What you receive.
A sourced findings report separating confirmed fact, observation, source information and inference — structured for board, disciplinary or referral use.
- Findings reportPrimary
- Entity and relationship mapAnnexure
- Evidence schedule and logsAnnexure
- Document review
- Interviews
- Entity mapping
- Procurement analysis
- Digital preservation
- Field enquiries
Limits of this practice
What this work is not.
- No interception of communications
- No access to protected banking records
- No conclusion adjusted to instruction
- No disciplinary or legal decisions taken on the client's behalf
Often combined with
Most matters draw on three or four practices.
Confidential enquiries
Start with the question, not the method.
We assess the concern, lawful purpose and available information before recommending a scope.
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