Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services

Our Fraud Investigation & Dispute professionals can help you address the challenges and risks of doing business in today's environment.

We investigate unusual financial activity, perform electronic evidence discovery, and review financial reports — all with the sensitivity and urgency you require. And we provide expert witness testimony as necessary to explain our findings. That’s why some of the world’s largest companies — and many of its best-known law firms — turn to Ernst & Young.

Read the signals

Understanding the issues facing your industry is critical to anticipating and alleviating business risk. Ernst & Young offers four Smoke Detector® Reports,which can help you quickly identify key legislative, regulatory and legal news affecting your industry, including corporate compliance, oil and gas, pharmaceutical and medical device, and power and utilities. Each news item is brief, topical and fully cited so you can find the full text of any story that interests you.

Increased enforcement of anti-corruption laws

With enforcement on the rise in many jurisdictions, considering bribery and corruption risks in the context of M&A activity is more important than ever. Strengthening your anti-corruption compliance program and enhancing anti-corruption training for internal auditors can help you mitigate the risks. See how companies are addressing risks in “Corruption or compliance – weighing the costs.”

Where do you stand with respect to your competition? Find out by watching the archive of our Thought Center Webcast "Beyond the red flag", in which we cover survey findings and identify where the challenges and opportunities lie, and illuminate the path to a consistent, thorough anti-fraud strategy.

FCPA prosecution on the rise

Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is on the rise and violations are serious for companies and executives. Designing and implementing a successful anti-corruption program to effectively mitigate FCPA risk is important. Read more (pdf, 176K) in this article by FIDS Partner, William Henderson.

Mitigating risks of post-transaction M&A disputes

The increase in cross-border mergers and acquisitions — as well as transactions between companies in different countries with different accounting systems, cultures, and languages — can complicate an already thorny process and increase the chances of post-transaction disputes. Read more in this article by FIDS partner Greg Wolski (pdf, 75K).

Text analytics for the internal auditor

FIDS Partner, Dan Torpey and Senior Manager, Vince Walden talk about how text analytics transform the way today’s internal auditors and compliance officers define the scope of their data reviews in this article (pdf, 439K).

Sustainable environment management

More stringent environmental compliance measures are on the horizon. In this article (pdf, 64K), FIDS Manager, Jim Haried, addresses how integrating environmental, health and safety (EHS) and quality functions into one management system achieves significant efficiencies and cost-savings over managing these functions in separate departments.

Ranked among best in e-discovery services

Ernst & Young’s Forensic Technology and Discovery Services group is among the top 10 providers of e-discovery services, according to the 2007 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey. The widely respected and independent annual survey analyzes organizations at the forefront of e-discovery, including leading law firms and Fortune 1000 companies.

Compliance readiness essentials

A lively roundtable discussion (pdf, 98.5K) featuring FIDS executive Jack Holleran focuses on compliance programs, the investigation of compliance violations, and civil and criminal defense.

Taking corporate cooperation to the next level

Corporate scandals and high-profile prosecutions have led many companies to enter into agreements that often include accepting a monitor. Read more about the role of the monitor and how companies can make the most of working with one (pdf, 105K).

Responding to the credit crisis

FIDS Partner, Brad Massam and Principal, Walter Morris, provide practical considerations for the general counsel during the credit crisis in this interview (pdf, 64K).

Electronic discovery: who is responsible?

High-profile court decisions and the newly amended federal rules relating to electronic evidence are putting attorneys and their clients under increasing pressure to manage discovery of electronic evidence correctly in any litigation, regulatory inquiry, or law enforcement matter. Read more (pdf, 181K) about how lawyers and vendors can work together in this article by Eric Schwarz and Vincent Walden.

Cultivating compliance in the
pharmaceutical industry

The rising cost of medications, a shortage of healthcare funding, and prolific media coverage continue to sharpen the focus of lawmakers, regulators, and enforcement authorities. Ted Acosta and Eileen Erdos discuss how pharmaceutical companies can address and assess compliance risk (pdf, 230K) in the current environment.

Proving your insurance claim

Even if you have a business continuity plan to protect your people and assets and to quickly restore operations following a disaster, you may have overlooked an important aspect of any continuity plan — the programs and protocols that must be in place to prove losses (pdf, 182K) related to the incident and recover funds from an insurance company.

By managing the risk of conflict strategically, organizations not only preserve value. They
enhance it.