Forensic investigations and fraud risk management

During the course of our forensic investigations, we identify and analyze financial and nonfinancial data, making it possible to detect fraud and other improper practices and to estimate their scale. We provide support in carrying out investigations, analyzing the evidence gathered, and identifying the scale of the practices and the individuals responsible. 

We offer a comprehensive range of electronic investigation services that include information governance, data collection, evidence assessment and eDiscovery, allowing you to respond effectively to legal or regulatory incidents and crises.

Our services include i.a.:

• Acquisition and securing data from various sources: hard disks, mobile phones, servers, cloud etc.
• Analysis of the data acquired from the abovementioned sources (e.g. gap analysis)
• Application of intelligent search algorithms (Machine Learning, AI)
• Preparing the secured data for review
• Support during the review in various review platforms
• Presenting the search
• Investigating data breaches and cyber incidents

Our experienced technology specialists, coupled with our global reach, deliver swift and efficient response times with local knowledge of privacy regulations, culture and language.

Forensic data analysis includes behavior analysis, detecting patterns and anomalies, creating forecasts and detecting trends – all in terms of fraud and other improper practices. We analyze various kinds of data sources, structured and unstructured, and the visualization techniques we use allow for their better and fuller interpretation. Such an approach enables us to obtain information that was previously undetectable or inaccessible to our clients. Conclusions drawn based on the analysis of this information contribute key data to the organization’s decision-making processes.

IT applications against fraud 

The ongoing computerization of modern business demands ever-more-effective processes to ensure its security. The intelligent, automated tools we have developed provide quick and effective analysis of the tax, financial, reputational and operational risks that arise in interactions with business partners. Large sets of information concerning real and potential fraud, processed and analyzed by such applications as BTT, Intelligent Risk Monitoring, VAT-Fraud Tracker, and JPK SAFe-Ty, provide the basis for early warning about dangers and for efforts to mitigate them in the future. 

How can we help your organisation?

• We review and analyse compliance procedures and tools
  A review and in-depth analysis of an organisation's compliance procedures and tools allows us to determine their usefulness, effectiveness and the degree to which they fit into the company's context.

• We implement whistleblowing channels and provide support in initial review of reports 
  We assess the situation of an organisation on many levels to implement properly tailored channels for signalling irregularities. In addition, we provide support in the initial review of reports carried out by a qualified team of lawyers.

• We conduct dedicated workshops 
  Trainings for all employees according to a consistent methodology, based on preferences and needs of each group of recipients, leads to strengthening the common understanding of the principles implemented in the organisation.

• We support internal communication activities 
  Internal communication related to the introduction of solutions in the field of whistleblowing system significantly supports the achievement of benefits resulting from the comprehensive fraud risk management.

• We conduct investigations 
  As the team of investigative services and fraud risk management, we have been supporting our clients in carrying out internal investigations for years, through activities such as securing and reviewing electronic evidence, interviews with employees and open-source intelligence. 

One of the channels we propose for signalling irregularities is an online platform that can be easily integrated into internal company systems. 

• The tool guarantees full anonymity of reports, data security and compliance with GDPR. It is available in a mobile version. 

• The platform contains many solutions enabling the effective conduct of explanatory proceedings, including differentiation of access levels, categorization of reports, generating statistics and linking cases.

Go to Whistleblowing Platform

PwC's around-the-clock document review services provide you with a secure, cost-effective, highly productive managed review environment. You’ll benefit from agile, efficient professionals with legal backgrounds and high attention to detail—all within flexible pricing options.

Visit our Legal & Investigative Managed Review Center page

• We can help you with monitoring and optimization of software licenses usage in the organization,

•  We can help you with software license compliance verification to the key software vendors like Microsoft, VMware, SAP,

•  We can perform Software Asset Management Maturity assessment in the organization,

• We can help you with design of Software Asset Management processes based on your business needs.

Economic intelligence is focused on gathering, reviewing and analyzing information that may help in making key business decisions. We check whether there might be hidden problems, conflicts of interest or other dangers that could have an unfavorable impact on our client’s business.

We advise on the development of a compliance system in all key areas:

• Support in implementing the compliance function 
  Comprehensive advisory services in establishing the compliance management function or assessment of the effectiveness of the implementation already carried out.

• Outsourcing
  Taking over the role of Compliance Officer - a person managing the entire annual compliance management cycle.

• Co-sourcing 
  Supporting advisors in the execution of some of the tasks related to compliance management, e.g. monitoring regulatory changes, organizing and conducting periodic training sessions for employees.

• Digital compliance 
  Modern tools supporting the work of Compliance Officers, including libraries of requirements, their updating and multidimensional reports. Digital Compliance is the answer to accelerating digitalization in the COVID era. Our innovative solutions enable comprehensive compliance management across the organization, both at the corporate level and at the level of individual compliance tasks.

We provide business and financial consultancy services in cases involving court disputes, arbitration proceedings, mediation and other alternative means of dispute resolution. We draw up valuations, reports and opinions, we estimate the value of lost benefits, and also provide comprehensive support in disputes involving mergers, acquisitions or bankruptcy. We serve as sectoral experts on a broad range of economic and financial issues.

Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) represents the outcome of key commercial and pricing negotiations. Purchasers and Sellers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in seeking to exploit the potential value to be gained through the negotiation and execution of the SPA.

Our dedicated SPA team provides expert support at all stages of a transaction from pre-deal work through to post-completion support. Pre-deal, the team assists in the identification and articulation of value issues related to pricing and deal completion mechanics, to assist clients in their SPA negotiations; Post-deal the team assists clients in protecting or generating value through the execution of any SPA completion mechanism.
 

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The PwC team, in order to effectively and efficiently verify contractors, has created the Intelligent Risk Monitoring tool to assess the risks associated with cooperation with business partners. The tool uses a number of innovative technological solutions, which help automate and improve the credibility of conducted tests and significantly shorten the supplier verification process.

Due to automatic verification of contractors your company will be enabled to:

• Reduce the risks associated with cooperation with both new and current contractors

• Automate and streamline the supplier verification process

• Significantly shorten the time of contractor verification 

• Identify unreliable suppliers and business partners

• Assess the risk of cooperation with tens of thousands of contractors within a few minutes

• Protect your business from financial, tax, operational and reputational risks

• Streamline the supply chain verification process, which is an integral part of your ESG strategy

• Support with due diligence documentation in the case of a tax control
• Build valuable business relationships with reliable counterparties and maintain supply chain continuity

Find out more about automatic screening of business partners