Hiring a Professional Investigator for a Corporate Investigation

bpi-admin • Apr 28, 2022

A corporate private investigator is a specialist that provides investigative services for the purpose of detecting possible misconduct.

This type of investigator applies a range of investigation techniques to uncover potential corporate threats or instances of fraud. They examine corporate rules, procedures, structure, personnel interactions and conduct, accounting records, and other factors to achieve their objectives.

Expert guidance, credit, and criminal background checks are frequently required as part of these types of assessments. These investigators also work with federal authorities to limit the impact of detected corporate fraud or misconduct on the company involved. This way, they can help reduce unneeded or unwanted public attention and mitigate damages.

But what specific situations or reasons would warrant a corporate investigation? How do you conduct a corporate investigation, and how long does it take?

Reasons to Conduct a Corporate Investigation

In corporate settings, there are several possible reasons or situations that would warrant an investigation. These include:

  • Breach of the legal duties of corporate executives or board members: This can affect company finances, brand reputation, and share values, as well as erode shareholder confidence.
  • Public corruption or bribery of government officials: Giving or offering bribes to a public official to benefit one’s business is illegal.
  • Workplace discrimination or harassment: Companies need to take immediate action in these cases, as discrimination or harassment affects not only people’s morale but also the company’s reputation.
  • Accounting or financial fraud: This type of fraud is quite common and could lead to shareholder litigation.
  • Breach of cybersecurity: One of the newer types of prevalent threats to organizations are cybersecurity breaches that threaten data and network security and corporate finances.
  • Civil or commercial litigation: Potential lawsuits need to be objectively assessed so business executives can make well-informed decisions about how civil or commercial litigation could best be handled.
  • Complaints from whistleblowers: Issues and concerns raised by whistleblowers tend to be the same as ones involving government investigations and private litigation.

Any of the above scenarios can be thoroughly studied and efficiently evaluated by conducting a corporate investigation. In doing so, you can assist in protecting your organization while also holding the individuals implicated to account. Initiating a corporate investigation also shows that you are serious about company ethics and help advance company interests.

Types of Corporate Investigation

A corporate investigator conducts one or several types of investigations depending on the situation that you want to be checked in your company. There are different types of corporate investigations, including the following:

  • Undercover investigation: This is conducted by a corporate investigator to uncover misconduct within a corporation or business. By mixing with the company personnel, the corporate investigator can investigate employee wrongdoings, such as harassment, sabotage, and so on.
  • Business research or due diligence investigation: Private corporate investigators do extensive background checks on entire companies, management, and staff for the purpose of discovering critical data about business practices. Everything — from finances, industry reputation, and management strategy to supplier relationships and physical and intellectual assets, among other things — are evaluated. Business research investigations are crucial when you’re considering merging with a company, acquiring a business, taking on a new business partner, or lending funds.
  • Financial investigation: A corporate private investigator looks into the financial records of a firm or business to see whether there is any money laundering, fraud, misappropriation, or embezzlement going on.
  • Electronic business or e-discovery investigation: Electronic or e-discovery investigations are done to check data and information kept electronically by a company and its personnel. Corporate investigators can also recover lost or deleted data to pursue investigations and gather evidence.
  • Corporate corruption investigation: Business infiltration, corruption, fraud, illegal money transfers, foreign exchange, and spying can all be uncovered by a corporate investigator examining instances of wrongdoing in a business or corporation.

Corporate investigations are as varied as the goals they are carried out for.

In any case, to conduct a proper corporate investigation, you need to have a seasoned professional onboard. If you have questions about corporate investigations or require this type of service, please get in touch with us at Barefoot Professional Investigations.

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