Corporate Investigations
Occupational frauds fall into three main categories:

Asset Misappropriation

involves the theft or misuse of an organization's assets. Typical examples are skimming revenues, stealing inventory and payroll fraud. Some form of asset misappropriation occurs in approximately 90% of all fraud cases.

Corruption

Contrary to their duty to their employer, or the rights of another business associate, fraudsters use their influence in a business transaction to procure some benefit for themselves or another person. The most common examples are bribing officials and offering or accepting kickbacks. An estimated 13% of business revenues are lost through corruption.

Fraudulent Statements

Falsification of an organization's financial statements. Common examples include overstating revenues and understating liabilities or expenses. We have uncovered where losses of US$4.25 million and more have been felt!


INSURANCE CLAIMS
We provide support to insurers to assess the veracity of suspect claims. We have a depth of experience handling a range of insurance investigations including maritime issues, fire & accident and general insurance claims.

LITIGATION SUPPORT
We work hand-in-hand with litigation teams to support the forensic process by, for example, collecting evidence and locating/vetting expert witnesses.

Due Diligence
Joint ventures, direct investments, mergers and acquisitions represent some of the greatest risks in business today. LBG's due diligence services include obtaining information on business activities, track records and reputation of businesses and their principals so that our clients know what and whom they are dealing with. LBG answers very frequently asked questions like –

  Who are these people? Who is running their business?
  Are they legitimate? Are they as good as they say they are?
  Is our investment safe?
  What is the history of our partners? And what may that tell us about our future with them?

Vendor Screening and Monitoring
Crucial to the success of a business enterprise is the ability and integrity of its suppliers. We conduct comprehensive enquiries to assess vendor integrity to help you chose the right partners. We also provide continuing monitoring services to ensure continued compliance and performance.

Employee Screening
A company’s operations and reputation rely crucially on the integrity of its employees. We provide tailored, detailed employee screening services globally. Reports can cover things like career and education backgrounds, civil and criminal litigation histories, social and behavioral histories.

Competitive Intelligence
We gather and analyze information about your current and potential competitors. By accessing their strengths and weaknesses, we help you identify what are your competitive opportunities or threats.

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are rights granted to creators and owners of works that are the result of human intellectual creativity. These works can be industrial, scientific, or artistic.

Intellectual Property Rights
We provide a range of services relating to the misuse of trademarks, patents and copyright, passing off, the theft of trade secrets or the loss of confidential information.

Gray Market / Counterfeiting
We provide services relating to product counterfeits and diversions and support legal and/or administrative actions brought against infringers. We have experience in many industries including pharmaceuticals, beverages, luxury goods, fashion, electronics, footwear, cigarettes, the recording industry, automotive parts and aeroplane parts.

Brand Protection/ Manufacture monitoring & Screening
We provide monitoring (covert and overt) and due diligence services on manufacturers and distributors to enforce codes of ethics and compliance with licensing, manufacturing and distribution agreements.

COMPUTER FORENSICS
LBG will work with clients and their attorneys on the collection, preservation and analysis of electronic evidence. We work closely with counsel to minimize disruption to company operations, while quickly and cost-effectively gathering all relevant data, conducting the analysis and delivering it in admissible form through declarations or live expert testimony.

LBG Services include :
  Acquisition of electronic evidence
  Recovery and analysis of data
  Support for internal investigations
  Strategic planning for effective discovery
  Expert witness support and testimony