http://www.mnp.ca/media-centre/blog/tags/forensicForensic Blog Post RSS FeedCopyright 2012MNP All rights reserved.Investment guru Warren Buffet famously said, “When the tide goes out you see who is swimming naked”. Well, the turning economic tide has resulted in a few unpleasant surprises for investors. It seems hardly a month goes by without a news story about another Ponzi scheme defrauding victims of their life savings.http://www.mnp.ca/en/media-centre/blog/2010/1/13/how-to-protect-yourself-from-ponzi-schemes/Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTNon-profit organizations have certain specific features which make them particularly susceptible to fraud. So how can non-profits protect themselves? In this series, we will try and help non-profit organizations do just that by providing guidelines on how to safeguard their assets and reputation, starting at the (Tone at the)Top.http://www.mnp.ca/en/media-centre/blog/2010/10/27/preventing-fraud-in-non-profit-organizations-part-1-tone-at-the-top/Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMTFraud schemes are limited only by the imagination of the perpetrators and fraudsters are a creative lot who don’t think twice of committing fraud against non-profit organizations – we have seen too many examples of this in the headlines.http://www.mnp.ca/en/media-centre/blog/2010/12/22/preventing-fraud-in-non-profit-organizations-part-2-understanding-your-risks/Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMTOn January 31, 2011, Transparency International Canada issued a press release highlighting the fact that the RCMP’s Sensitive Investigations and International Anti-Corruption Unit currently has 23 active investigations into suspected breaches of the Canadian Foreign Public Officials Acts (CFPOA).http://www.mnp.ca/en/media-centre/blog/2011/2/24/canadas-anti-corruption-legislation-after-more-than-10-years-could-increased-enforcement-be-near/Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMTTransparency International releases the results of its 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index: How did Canada do and why should you care? http://www.mnp.ca/en/media-centre/blog/2011/12/2/2011-corruption-perceptions-index-how-did-canada-fare/Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMTIn today’s fast-paced, heavy workload environment, it’s more important than ever to be efficient when performing investigations. Too often I’ve heard of investigators spending hours interviewing a subject, only to walk away with limited facts and information.http://www.mnp.ca/en/media-centre/blog/2012/2/21/sharpen-your-interviewing-skills-to-build-your-case/Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTSNC-Lavalin has maintained it was not involved with the plot and that it had done nothing wrong with respect to its Libyan operations. Just last week, it announced an independent investigation into $35-million worth of improperly documented payments related to construction projects "and certain other contracts" in the last quarter of 2011.http://www.mnp.ca/en/media-centre/blog/2012/3/6/surviving-an-internal-investigation-what-can-we-learn-from-the-snc-lavalin-matter/Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTMany organizations in both the private and public sectors operate on the assumption that their employees and business partners are honest and as a result don’t give a lot of thought to fraud until it happens. By then, the damage caused may be extensive not only from a financial standpoint but reputationally as well.http://www.mnp.ca/en/media-centre/blog/2012/3/12/march-is-fraud-prevention-month-is-your-organization-doing-enough/Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTAnother lesson in fraud and reputational damage from the SNC-Lavalin investigation.http://www.mnp.ca/en/media-centre/blog/2012/4/3/why-tone-at-the-top-and-management-override-dont-mix/Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT