Investigations are often perceived as a sunk cost to an organization, but they also must be considered in terms of risk, reputation and potential return. Few organizations have the luxury of dedicated in-house investigators who work to protect their business from financial, intellectual and reputational loss.
Yerra’s highly-experienced team of forensic investigators are available to help “right now”, as well as helping more strategic development, including advice on setting up an in-house investigation unit, providing additional resources or fully managing investigations on an as-needed or retained basis. Our investigative teams support compliance and eDiscovery efforts, helping to prevent, respond and remediate a variety of threats to your business.
Our staff include former police investigators, regulatory enforcement, cyber-security and military intelligence operatives, so our experience is much broader than traditional digital forensics, which is primarily about imaging devices and looking for artefacts.
Our experts add a deeper perspective that gives our clients the benefits of a highly-professional, comprehensive investigation that they might not otherwise have access to with internal or law firm resources. We provide investigation services to corporations, government entities and law firms on behalf of their clients.
Our expert was asked by a law enforcement agency to forensically examine all devices recovered for a suspected fraud investigation, which was prompted by an individual obtaining of a large sum of money in a short 2-month period. This was suspected to have been done through creating false invoices and other documentation.
The suspected fraud had been committed at a large corporate account. Mobile devices (iPhone, android, iPads and laptops were examined. This involved the examination of work related devices to include phones, desktops and then the data from all the devices and logs from internal monitoring systems being joined to look for analytics such as common links, exploited areas and internal collusion.
The forensic investigation uncovered evidence of systemic governance failings, fraud and collusion between employees.