We were retained by an international construction engineering company to conduct an investigation into the activities of a former senior employee who had defrauded the company and laundered the proceeds through an elaborate scheme of bogus procurement contracts, which he had signed on behalf of the company using sham firms and cronies. The scheme also involved legitimate firms and well-known businessmen with controversial backgrounds who facilitated the embezzlement and the concealment of the proceeds via companies in the Middle East, Asia and the Balkans.

We conducted a forensic examination of relevant computers and devices, interviewed key witnesses in Dubai and Sharjah and researched the activities of the relevant parties involved. As a result, we assisted the client in the successful launch of a money laundering and criminal fraud investigation against the former employee.