Fraud investigation
Fraud investigations are our core business. But what is fraud actually? Many people have tried to define fraud, sometimes from the perspective of their own specialist area: accountants/NIVRA, lawyers, insurance companies, the legislature (Penal Code) and the Oxford Dictionary.
We believe that fraud involves any conscious activity aimed at taking something from a third party, often to the advantage of the perpetrator. But we can also say that fraud is a more complex variant of theft or embezzlement. In itself, the definition does not really matter. The main thing is that the injured party (often the employer) contacts us because he or she has identified a case of fraud and wants us to investigate it.
Fraud has many faces
By far the greatest amount of fraud is committed in a (digital) administrative environment in the broadest sense of the word: the debtor/creditor administration, the sales and purchasing administration, the personnel administration and ICT management. For example: employees make illegal payments to their own of fake bank accounts. Or they do business with fake suppliers. Or they modify personal data to the benefit of family, friends and acquaintances. Or they send vital business information over the digital highway to competitors, former employees or former Board Members.
Discrete and meticulous
Hoffmann’s fraud investigations are conducted by investigators and specialists with extensive experience in forensic administrative investigation and ICT forensic investigation. We have these specialists in-house, so we can respond quickly and efficiently and provide the level of discretion and care you would expect from such a renowned organisation. All our investigations are conducted by investigators who are permanently employed by Hoffmann Investigations.
We believe that fraud involves any conscious activity aimed at taking something from a third party, often to the advantage of the perpetrator. But we can also say that fraud is a more complex variant of theft or embezzlement. In itself, the definition does not really matter. The main thing is that the injured party (often the employer) contacts us because he or she has identified a case of fraud and wants us to investigate it.
Fraud has many faces
By far the greatest amount of fraud is committed in a (digital) administrative environment in the broadest sense of the word: the debtor/creditor administration, the sales and purchasing administration, the personnel administration and ICT management. For example: employees make illegal payments to their own of fake bank accounts. Or they do business with fake suppliers. Or they modify personal data to the benefit of family, friends and acquaintances. Or they send vital business information over the digital highway to competitors, former employees or former Board Members.
Discrete and meticulous
Hoffmann’s fraud investigations are conducted by investigators and specialists with extensive experience in forensic administrative investigation and ICT forensic investigation. We have these specialists in-house, so we can respond quickly and efficiently and provide the level of discretion and care you would expect from such a renowned organisation. All our investigations are conducted by investigators who are permanently employed by Hoffmann Investigations.
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