Gaming Company Corruption Investigation

November 14, 2022

Counsel for a U.S. based gaming company requested assistance in reviewing expense records and other documentation of the company’s third party lobbyist in an Asian country following allegations that certain public officials may have received improper payments in exchange for their support of pending litigation legalizing casino gaming. The review enabled the company and its counsel to respond to public inquiries about these purported payments and determine whether they should move forward with their plans to expand into the country in question.

Read Also

Know Who You are Doing Business with or Risk Losing Millions

Putting someone “under a microscope” is a way of describing when a person or organization needs to be closely examined to determine if there is hidden risk. Most often, an investigative firm to performs “investigative due diligence” sometimes referred to as a “background check”. Due diligence investigations can unearth important red flags of prior behavior, […]

Swimming Naked in a Down Economy

During the last financial crisis, Warren Buffet said, “You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” Adverse market conditions expose risks and test a company’s resilience and like low tides, when the economy recedes, long-running frauds are often exposed. In an episode of the Fraud Eats Strategy podcast series, I connected […]

Investigating the Investigators

In the forensic accounting world, there’s a little-known area commonly referred to as “shadow investigations”. A shadow investigation is when accounting firms oversee internal investigations being performed by outside counsel and their forensic investigations counterparts. The primary objective is to ensure that the investigative scope is likely to provide sufficient information for the audit partner […]

Gaming Company Corruption Investigation

Read Also

Know Who You are Doing Business with or Risk Losing Millions

Swimming Naked in a Down Economy

Investigating the Investigators

Contact