Corporate Investigative Services that we offer:

Corporate Fraud:
A 2008 Fraud Survey revealed that fraud by employees amounted to greater corporate losses than theft. The fraud may originate as a simple unexplained loss, a variation on an expense claim or the misappropriation of funds. Our investigations have also revealed complex conflict of interest losses as well as secret commission schemes.

Asset Location:
The recovery of assets that have gone astray is an arduous task. We are able to locate assets of individuals and companies through public record searches and other means. We can offer assistance to Counsel on appropriate tactics to recover these assets.

Competitive Intelligence:
Intelligence on a competitor’s current or future business practices may alter the way your corporation continues business. We have assisted multi-national and Fortune 500 corporations learn intelligent facts regarding a competitor that have led to critical strategic decisions.

Due Diligence:
A successful business relationship can be predisposed in one’s favour with intimate knowledge regarding the other side prior to completing the venture. Our Investigators have conducted background and due diligence investigations on individual and corporate entities with a financial net worth exceeding hundreds of millions.

Electronic Countermeasure Examinations:
We have the capability to perform electronic countermeasure sweeps for unauthorized listening devices.

Intellectual Property:
The WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE defines Intellectual Property as:

• “Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.”

• “Intellectual property is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs.”

We have been called upon by Counsel to initiate investigations on Industrial Designs, Patents and Trademarks including CIPO - Section 45 applications.

Copyright Violation:
We have worked with the American Amusement Machine Association in the past to identify, locate and aid in the seizure of counterfeit video game printed circuit boards. Our Investigators operated with the ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE – Federal Enforcement Section in the execution of criminal search warrants on suspected Copyright violators. Our investigators have attended conferences organized by the INTERNATIONAL ANTI-COUNTERFEITING COALITION with presentations by LOUIS VUITTON, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and HARLEY-DAVIDSON to name a few.

Surveillance:
Our Investigators are trained to conduct discreet mobile and static surveillance to aid in fraud, asset location and due diligence investigations. We have also successfully conducted surveillance on individuals to confirm or deny the allegation of a workers compensation claim or injury due to a motor vehicle accident.