Category Archives: Internal Investigations

Fraud Investigations

Documenting Your Internal Investigation Delivers Immediate and Lasting Benefits

If you are conducting an internal investigation, success or failure hinges on results. So, you might believe you’ll be judged by your final product, not your process. Except that is not the case. In the old children’s game, the Paper Chase, a team of “hares” runs cross country, dropping shreds of paper to mark their trail. The team of “hounds” later pursues, spying the paper scraps and following the trail to catch the hares. No one bothers to pick up the paper. Today, however, we’re more concerned about litter than in the past. We’re also more concerned with processes.


Internal Investigations

Navigating Privacy Laws While Conducting Internal Investigations

Navigating Privacy Laws While Conducting Internal Investigations How management can shoot straight without shooting itself in the foot We’ve all seen movies or TV shows where the lead cop is hot on the trail of a dangerous suspect. The clock is ticking down to certain disasters—the execution of a hostage, the detonation of a dirty bomb, etc.—and our guy is the only officer on the right track. But! He’s about to lose his badge because his superiors don’t like his methods. He’s got to rein himself in before he gives the department a black eye. The audience knows that if our guy plays nice, terrible things might happen.