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The Globalization of markets / Investigative & Enhanced Due Diligence Solutions

Investigative Due Diligence

There is an inherent risk in financial transactions related to an acquisition, merger, joint venture, IPO or other opportunities involving a significant capital investment. When factoring in the complexities of investment opportunities in foreign and emerging markets, such as, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East - the risk grows exponentially.

As investors and deal-makers put their capital to work they increasingly rely on i-fact@nalysis’s comprehensive investigative due diligence solutions to provide them with all the facts before inking a deal. Our clients realize the important role a properly executed investigative due diligence plays in the deal making process. In today’s fast paced global economy conducting investigative due diligence is a key component in mitigating the ever increasing risks to shareholders and investors.

i-fact@nalysis’s investigative due diligence solutions have helped Fortune 500 companies verify information, uncover discrepancies, misrepresentations and nondisclosure of material facts, ethical issues involving senior management, conflicts of interest, adverse litigation, overstatements and unrevealed facts.

i-fact@nalysis’s managing directors have an average of 20 plus years of experiencing in conducting in-depth, multi-jurisdictional and complex due diligence investigations for companies and financial institutions.

i-fact@nalysis’s multi-disciplinary approach utilizes state-of-the-art technology, a sophisticated network of domestic and international sources, proprietary databases and government sponsored repositories in the collection, collation and analysis of publicly available and open source information. Our multi-cultural investigative management team of former law enforcement, military, private sector and computer forensic specialists manage all aspects of the investigative due diligence process.

i-fact@nalysis has provided investigative due diligence services in over 100 countries through our global network of strategically located offices.

Case Study: Global High Tech Co. utilized as a pawn in $100 million plus fraud

The High Tech company requested a investigative due diligence be conducted on a number of client company employees, one non-employee and multiple companies the client had contracted to provide support services in a foreign country. An internal audit had raised several Ref Flags involving irregularities relating to multimillion dollar service contracts. A senior investigations manager was assigned to oversee the team of research analysts and intelligence specialists who immediately began the process of collecting and culling through information in the foreign country. The non-employee was identified as an employee of the foreign government with procurement duties. The research provided evidence the non-employee (Gov’t employee) lived in a million dollar mansion, owned expensive automobiles and had other real estate holdings.

After reviewing all of the data collected, the investigations manager requested and received authorization from the client to conduct research in the U.S. on the non-employee to identify assets, corporate affiliations and other evidence that would assist in the investigation. The research located real estate holdings and uncovered documentation the non-employee had a significant shareholding in a publicly traded U.S. company. The research in the foreign country also provided evidence the non-employee had incorporated a company and an affiliation with one of the client’s vendor companies. The investigative due diligence provided sufficient evidence the client’s employees and the company had been utilized as pawns in a scheme to defraud the foreign government of tens of millions of dollars. The client reported their finding to the foreign government, which in turn launched a criminal investigation. The government employee was arrested, convicted and sentenced to prison. The client reimbursed the foreign government tens of millions of dollars; however, the investigative due diligence had also proven that the client and its employees had not committed any criminal offence.

Case Study: Multi National High Tech company walks away from $150 million equipment sale

The client was in negotiations with an investment group headquartered in a Latin American country for the sale of over $100 million in equipment at a significantly discounted price point. Note: This was not an attempt to obtain the equipment without payment. The investment group offered to pay a significant portion of the sale price at the time a contract was signed and the remainder upon delivery. The initial due diligence investigation uncovered evidence the investment group’s corporate structure was a complex maze of shell companies established in several Latin American countries.

The managing director assembled a research and intelligence team that worked around the clock while the client continued to negotiate with the investment group. The research team collected information from government repositories and proprietary databases and compiled a relationship chart identifying the various shell companies, their principals and the inter-locking business relationships. In addition, intelligence analysts provided information from local senior level sources indicating the actual principals of the investment group were not disclosed to the client. Our sources indicated one principal was suspected of having ties to terrorist groups operating in Latin America. i-fact@nalysis’s managing director overseeing the investigative due diligence informed the client there was enough evidence to suggest the proceeds from the resale of the equipment could be utilized to fund terrorist organizations. The client terminated all negotiations with the investment group.