Vendor fraud has always been a huge concern in the corporate world. Since it can impact a company on many levels, including the supply chain, operations, and financial health, it should not be allowed to go on and rather be investigated at the earliest. With reliance on third-party vendors growing by the day, it is important for businesses to implement proper checks and monitoring. As a top fraud analyst, Sleuths can help with vendor fraud cases.

Our fraud investigator can investigate vendor fraud cases of various types:

• We can conduct detailed investigation in cases where vendors don’t supply the goods despite taking payment in advance.
• Our team can investigate cases where a vendor deliberately supplies inferior-quality raw materials or products to the company and gains financially. This type of fraud can be carried out by the employee alone or in collusion with an internal person.
• Sleuths India team can investigate cases where a vendor does not abide by the agreed terms and overbills the company for excess quantities or prices.
• We can be hired to solve cases where two vendors collaborate (or collide) to set higher prices than normal and then force the company to pay the inflated prices.
• Our team can investigate cases where a vendor bribes an employee to share information about the company budgets and then uses the insights to overbill or overcharge.
• Sleuths India can investigate cases of collusion between a vendor and employee where personal remittances are offered for extra sales or benefits.
• We can be hired for checks in cases where a vendor and employee strike a secret pact with the purpose to win the procurement contract in lieu of monetary gains.

Accounting fraud can cause serious damage to businesses. If not investigated and solved in a timely manner, it can pose harm to the financial integrity of the organization. Worse still, such frauds can mislead investors and push the company towards severe legal consequences. Be it a simple case of manipulating financial statements to a complex case of showing a wrong picture of expenses, such frauds have the potential to cause long-term harm. The key is to involve a certified fraud examiner at the earliest and not allow the issue to escalate.

Sleuths India is a top fraud investigation analyst that can solve accounting fraud of various types:

• We can conduct detailed checks in cases where payments or funds were deliberately released early to vendors or suppliers in lieu of commissions.
• Our expert team can investigate misappropriation of funds where money was deposited in a false bank account or bogus payment was made for fake invoices.
• Sleuths India can conduct checks on cases where fictitious expenses are shown and the company is billed for the same.
• We can investigate cases of accepting credits in own accounts opened fraudulently.
• Our team can be hired for cases where false timesheets are submitted, or more payment is made than actually earned.
• We can investigate cases of ghost vendors being created, fake invoices received, and approval given for monetary gains.
• Businesses can hire us for cases where the accounts team fraudulently pays regular payroll to a ghost employee that does not exist.

HR fraud is a major risk for businesses as it can compromise workforce integrity and impact payroll accuracy. If not detected early, it can cause bad hires for the company and also lead to financial losses. Cases of HR cheating have the potential to drain company resources and adversely impact overall performance. Such frauds must be investigated by a fraud analyst to fix key issues in hiring and promotion.

Sleuths India is a dependable fraud investigation analyst that can help investigate HR fraud of various types:

• We can investigate cases where the HR department is colluding with manpower consultants and accepting money or commission in hiring candidates.
• Our team can conduct detailed investigation into the cases where the HR team demands money from candidates for placement.
• Sleuths India can help in cases where the HR department is involved in a secret pact with other hiring consultants with the purpose of making money out of potential job seekers.
• We can help in cases where the HR team deliberately manipulates the payroll system to receive unauthorized pay, or does timecard alterations, or presents false expenses.
• Our team can investigate the cases where the HR team is involved in misappropriation of funds by purchasing office inventory or stock without requirement.
• Sleuths India specializes in cases where the HR department colludes with employees to falsify payroll information and pay more money than entitled.
• We can conduct thorough checks in cases where the HR team forges receipts for a fake purchase or inflates the expense claim to pocket the money.
• Our team can be hired to solve cases when the HR adds a fake employee to the payroll or doesn’t cut off the name of an old employee and diverts the salary into own or other’s account.
• We can help in cases when the HR team is involved in over-purchasing items and often selling the extra for personal use or monetary gains.
• Sleuths India can investigate cases of HR involvement in theft and sharing of sensitive information of other employees, or misusing that information for some scam or scheme.

All customers are not the same when it comes to reliability. While most engage with businesses in good faith, there will always be some who may use fraudulent activities to cause harm. The risks multiply when customers collude with internal people and commit acts of fraud. And if those frauds are not detected early, they can cause serious damage to finances and reputation. Your company, however, can hire a top detective agency to investigate and solve such cases with confidence.

Sleuths India can investigate customer fraud cases of various nature:

• We can investigate cases where customers take supply of the stock and never make payment for it.
• Our team can be hired to investigate cases where customers are engaged in selling fake products in place of original stock, therefore causing losses to the company.
• We can efficiently investigate cases where customers are engaged in selling products of competitors.
• Sleuths India can help in cases where customers sell products without proper authorization, causing losses to the original company.
• Our team can be hired to investigate cases where customers collude with other dealers or competitors and fix prices for dubious gains.
• We can conduct checks on cases where customers are involved in deliberate misrepresentation of the terms of a deal, or misrepresent (or tell lies about) the quality or quantity of products for monetary gains.
• Companies can trust us for cases where customers show favouritism towards certain suppliers and earn kickbacks out of the deal.

Supply chain fraud can cause serious damage to a business’s efficiency and profitability. If not detected and prevented early, it can cause severe disruptions to operations and increase costs. Fraud cases in the supply chain can affect delivery schedules, compromise product quality, and lead to financial losses. A reliable partner can help companies overcome frauds in the supply chain.

Sleuths India can help investigate supply chain frauds of various types:

• Companies can hire us for fraud investigations deliberate diversion of stocks to unauthorized resellers rather than to their assigned destination.
• We can help with cases where a partial amount of products or stocks is diverted to black markets.
• Our team can conduct detailed investigation into cases where transport-related invoices are manipulated to inflate costs.
• Businesses can hire us to investigate cases where their original products were substituted (or replaced) with lower quality or sub-standard products.
• We can conduct thorough checks in cases where a company’s own people collude with others (either internally or externally) to steal products in transit and then show them as cases of genuine theft.

Sales fraud is a major threat for businesses as it can affect revenue and future growth prospects. It can come in different forms, from fake sales to distorted performance data, and damage customer trust and the financial health of the business. The practice of manipulating numbers to earn incentives or forging sales figures to meet revenue goals should be detected, else it may lead to heavy losses for the business.

Sleuths India can help investigate sales fraud of various nature:

• We can help in cases where salespeople create fake invoices or shipping documents to present more sales than the actual figures.
• Our fraud investigation team can investigate cases where the sales team makes false statements to sell products.
• Sleuths India can also help in cases where salespeople mislead customers through better features or specifications than actual to sell products.
• Companies hire us for fraud investigations cases where their sales team colludes with other parties and sells products (and then buys them back later on) to show sales when no sale actually happened.
• We can investigate cases where salespeople levy hidden fees with the products despite no such charges being set by the company.
• Clients can trust us to conduct checks for cases where the sales team uses some type of pressure tactics (overt or covert) to push customers into purchasing additional products or services.

Manufacturing processes are prone to fraud no matter how strong the check system is in place. Even the well-prepared units face such types of fraud activities, and that too, mostly by the people who are supposed to safeguard manufacturing. Sometimes, internal people collude with external forces to commit manufacturing fraud, which often has a huge impact on the quality of the product. The key is to identify and stop such fraudulent acts at the earliest and avoid the harm they can cause to the finances and reputation of the business.

Sleuths India can investigate manufacturing fraud of various nature:

• We can conduct thorough checks in cases of production fraud where more quantity is manufactured than required for gains.
• Our experts can check if your team is deliberately manufacturing products that are not meeting the customer specifications.
• Companies can hire us to investigate any deliberate quality fraud where products are manufactured that neither suit clients’ expectations nor meet quality standards.
• We can check if your manufacturing team is using inferior quality raw materials in place of what is agreed in the contracts.
• Businesses can trust us to check if your people are engaged in deliberately inflating the cost of raw materials or labour costs, which is adding up to the overall manufacturing expenses and reducing the profit for the organization.
• Our team can check if your team is engaged in selling trade secrets to competitors or passing on sensitive manufacturing information for dubious gains.
• We can investigate if your team is defrauding the company through false labelling of products.

More cases of IT fraud are surfacing these days than ever before and more companies across industries are getting impacted by it. With the digital revolution at its peak together with its growing uses in everyday life, such risks are going to intensify further. Even the corporate world is feeling the heat and tech is being misused a lot these days to cause various types of harm. If businesses are not prepared in advance, and don’t strengthen their Information Technology infrastructure, they are inviting lots of trouble. The right approach is to trust a reliable cyber fraud investigator and let it handle the sensitive cases of any nature.

Sleuths India can help with cyber fraud investigation cases of various nature:

• Our fraud investigation team can conduct detailed checks into cases where companies suspect one of their employees is using the IT network to cheat, steal or harm the interests of the organization.
• We can investigate any attempt or involvement in using the technology in any form to commit an act of fraud or deceive the company for dubious gains.
• Companies can hire us to check if an authorized person is using the company’s assets or sensitive information and then trading or selling the same for monetary gains.
• Our cybersecurity experts can check if someone within is using or misusing the tech resources in any manner to pass on trade secrets, software or any other key details of the business.
• You can trust us to check cases where someone gains unauthorized access to the company’s networks or systems for suspicious gains.
• We can investigate any unauthorized access to customer or business data, or any attempt to steal login details of employees.
• Our cyber fraud investigation team can conduct checks on data breaches of any type.
• Organizations can hire us to investigate if somebody is using the tech systems or resources to force them into giving money or sharing confidential information.

Cases of fraud in security are a big headache faced by businesses across industries. Such frauds are mostly committed by the person in charge of the security. Sometimes, internal employees also collude to cause various types of fraud in security.

Sleuths India can help investigate fraud in security of various nature:

• We can investigate cases where the security team is involved in stealing the company’s property (either physical assets or information) alone or in collusion with internal personnel.
• Our fraud investigation team can conduct detailed checks in cases where security people gain access to sensitive information and then share it with others for money.
• Companies can hire us to check any misuse of power in security for various unauthorized gains.
• Sleuths India can investigate cases where security is involved in theft or embezzlement of the company’s resources.
• We can investigate if the security personnel have accepted bribery or commission and favoured some party.

In the corporate world, cases are many where business directors or partners are involved in the act of fraud. These people are at the top of the pile, enjoy enormous power and have access to company resources, so are more prone to being involved in fraudulent activities. Fraud by business directors can be more damaging when they are systematic and well-planned in nature. Worse still, the fraud committed by top management people tends to be of high volume in nature. It’s therefore important to keep an eye on their activities and involve a detective agency if any misconduct is doubted.

Sleuths India can help investigate various fraud cases by business directors:

• We can investigate cases where a top management person is misusing the company’s funds in living a lavish life, or for enjoying other luxuries.
• Our team can conduct detailed checks in cases where directors are involved in systematic embezzlement at different levels.
• We can gather solid evidence in cases where top managers are suspected of receiving bribes in exchange for favouritism to various third parties.
• Our team can run investigations when a director is suspected of gaining financially by influencing decisions towards specific parties.
• Companies can hire our teams to check cases where top-level persons are engaged in manipulating their financial statements to present data of fake performance across parameters.
• We can check if a director is using, or misusing the power of position to award contracts and gain monetarily out of the deal.