Fraud & Integrity
CORPORATE INVESTIGATIONS
FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS
Fraud and corruption pose significant risks to companies and organizations, resulting in financial losses, brand damage, and erosion of public trust.
These threats have become more pervasive as managers take on increased responsibilities, leaving less time for managing their subordinates and creating more opportunities for fraudulent activities.
At DK Hana, we specialize in fraud investigations to identify perpetrators, uncover methods used, and gather evidence to defend civil claims for asset recovery.
Our investigations involve various techniques such as analyzing company archives, email and phone traffic, conducting interviews with witnesses, observing suspects, and inspecting payroll and contractor wage data against banking records. Our advanced software tools enable us to survey large volumes of data, including telephone calls, email traffic, distributor payments, and cash receipts, to uncover crucial information.
Our comprehensive fraud investigation provides the necessary evidence to initiate civil action for asset recovery, file criminal complaints, sustain fidelity insurance declarations, or take legal action against parties that were unable to avert the fraud. Additionally, we understand the legal and regulatory landscape surrounding the global landscape more and more businesses operate on. Including international laws such as the USA Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act, which can expose businesses to investigations by foreign authorities.
Few businesses possess the ability to investigate internal corruption, yet failure to act swiftly and promptly can be the factor that leads to being unable to identify the perpetrators, locate the assets and prevent other occurrences.
ANTI-FRAUD AUDITS
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In addition to fraud investigations, we also offer Anti-Fraud Audits to proactively assess businesses for potential fraudulent activities and identify internal control weaknesses. Our tailored audits are designed to provide intelligence on the presence of fraudulent activity within a business, as well as recommend improvements and efficiencies to reduce associated risks. We conduct thorough reviews of vendor lists to verify the authenticity of suppliers, perform data mining on company and banking data to detect irregularities such as double payments or unjustified expenses, scrutinize payroll lists to identify ghost employees, and verify financial transaction procedures to safeguard against manipulation and fraud.
Our Anti-Fraud Audits often serve as a catalyst for change, enhancing anti-fraud protections across various business units and helping businesses better understand the need for robust fraud risk management and internal controls. Don't leave your business vulnerable to fraud and corruption risks. Partner with DK Hana to safeguard your organization's financial integrity and protect your brand reputation.
CORPORATE INVESTIGATIONS
The global economic system of capitalism has transformed the world into a vast interconnected workspace, resulting in the majority of the adult populace using most of their lives to invest in their career.
Consequently, workplace-related hazards are unavoidable, with corporate crimes being a significant negative impact on the corporate world, leading to considerable financial casualties and psychological tensions.
In Malaysia, we offer corporate inquiries encompassing a wide range of issues, such as theft, insider trading, fraud, embezzlement, bribery, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery.
Our aim is to aid corporate, governmental, and non-governmental organizations in accomplishing their obligations to safeguard their interests and supply their workers with a secure working atmosphere.
Our core areas of expertise include:
Embezzlement inquiries
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Fraud inquiries
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Internal inquiries
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Due Diligence
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Money Laundering inquiries
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Vendor inquiries
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Local Media Search
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Undercover inquiries
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Background Check
INTERNAL THEFTS AND SHRINKAGE
With the rise of knowledge-based businesses and organizations in Malaysia, there is an increasing risk of valuable intellectual property being lost, pilfered, or compromised. This can occur through internal theft by employees or contractors, as well as external theft by outside parties.
Internal theft poses a more significant threat as employees have a deep understanding of the organization and can carry out theft undetected over time, leading to potentially significant losses. Stolen confidential information may be used for immediate financial gain or to set up a competing enterprise in the future, jeopardizing customer catalogues, cost programmes, product information, patented software, and even other employees.
At DK HANA, investigating the theft of confidential information is a common matter, and we have a high success rate. Internal theft and loss of IP are often discovered when staff leave for a rival organization, but they can also arise from disputes involving dissatisfied employees, private resentments, commercial operations, media exposure, mishandling of data by contractors, and divulgence for illicit profit.
Our investigations typically reveal that internal theft of IP frequently transpires through private email accounts, portable USB appliances, backup drives, and network cloud platforms, as well as conventional approaches such as printing, photocopying and scanning. To overcome attempts by offenders to cover their tracks, a forensic approach is crucial to properly recognise and secure all evidence sources and preserve the integrity of valuable metadata.
Our work often leads to successful corrective or legal action, preventing further exposure and acquiring treatments from individuals and institutions that revealed or used the secret data.
SURVEILLANCE
Surveillance services are designed to help clients protect their businesses and assets by gathering valuable data through observation. Clients can use surveillance on their own assets such as workplaces or vehicles, contractors, staff, or third parties. Surveillance can be conducted from a stationary position or on the move to track the movements of individuals or vehicles.
Clients typically request surveillance services when they are experiencing issues that impact their earnings, security, or character, for example:
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Clients may suspect that assets are being stolen from the businesses by staff or third parties.
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Employees are failing to appear at work or turn in projects on time or at all.
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Unprofessional conduct by administrators, such as unofficial meetings with contractors or rivals
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Unauthorized truancy from the office or neglect to answer phone calls.
At DK HANA, our staff have substantial security backgrounds with many having prior law enforcement experience. We have extensive experience in conducting surveillance operations and are specialists in collecting data and evidence discreetly.
If you require factual evidence of an infraction or have scepticisms you want verified, we can aid in devising the proof you need. Our services include stills and video photography, as well as daily reports of hourly activity of the individual under supervision.
ASSET TRACING
Our goal through Asset Tracing investigations is to locate and retrieve property belonging to our clients. These investigations serve various purposes, such as evaluating whether a respondent has sufficient assets to justify legal action, estimating the assets that could be retrieved after successful court action, tracing assets that may have been illicitly stolen, or providing evidence of property during debt negotiations.
Our successful track record involves identifying different types of assets, including real estate, bank accounts, and trading accounts. These assets can be possessed or maintained directly or indirectly by individuals or business entities attempting to conceal their true ownership. We often conduct investigations in countries other than the ones where the assets disappeared.
Our Asset Tracing investigations involve field investigations and extensive research. We interview people knowledgeable on the topic to gather leads and conduct in-depth investigative examinations on the subject and their associates who may be holding assets on their behalf. We often discover bank accounts, trading accounts, and offshore trust systems, but we can only access transaction information with lawful authority. Once we have identified the assets, we can aid legal counsel to develop strategies to ensure their retrieval or negotiate reimbursement.
After we have determined the assets' quantity, type, and location, additional measures must be taken to regain them. This process may include civil or criminal courts, negotiations, or the involvement of government organizations or managers.
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS
The effectiveness of an organization depends on the quality of its employees and managers. Thus, it is crucial for successful businesses to recruit competent and trustworthy candidates.
Pre-employment screening or background screening has become a more complicated procedure than before. A straightforward reference review to confirm a nominee’s talents and background is no longer sufficient. Cultural fit and ability to operate with the current unit are now critical factors.
Employing the incorrect individual can have severe consequences, such as low morale, stress within the group, poor quality of work, high employee turnover, and even employee-initiated fraud or theft.
Therefore, pre-employment screening not only confirms a candidate's certifications but also determines individuals who exaggerate or misrepresent their achievements. This process helps to identify unsuitable candidates and save time and funds during the employment procedure.
Various elements can be reviewed to sufficiently screen the history and certifications of a prospective employee, including:
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Verification of prior employ
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Education achievement
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Credit reviews
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Bankruptcy investigations
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Private references assessments
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Any past civil litigation
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Involvement in other company interests
At DK Hana, we assist our clients in developing a detailed pre-employment screening procedure that aligns with their businesses’ culture. We suggest using standard application documents to decrease the chance of fabricated resumes by guaranteeing that prospective employees reveal all pertinent details.