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With regulatory enforcement on the rise, a strong anti-fraud and anti-money laundering compliance program can reduce financial and reputational risk, improve accountability, and deliver a competitive advantage. But even with a robust compliance program, fraud may still occur.
BDO’s forensic accounting professionals help organizations enhance their risk management strategy by providing forensic accounting services through remediation or design, implementation, testing, and monitoring of compliance programs.
When fraud arises or is suspected, our forensic accounting consultants possess the analytical, investigative, and technical skills to quickly understand, document, and quantify wrongdoing, and design and implement the appropriate remediation strategy. In addition to certified public accountants, certified fraud examiners, and forensic accounting professionals, our multidisciplinary team includes forensic technologists, data analysts, and former members of law enforcement and regulators.
Whether your organization is responding to a regulatory inquiry, a whistleblower report, or performing due diligence on a company or individual, we offer a full range of forensic accounting services to help you navigate high-stakes matters — offering support, scale, and speed to resolution.
Visit our comprehensive Forensics & Investigations consulting practice for more information on how we can help your organization.
Undetected fraudulent activity and weak regulatory compliance can result in serious consequences including fines, penalties, legal fees and expenses, reputational damage, and depletion of company resources. BDO’s forensic accounting professionals can support anti-money laundering efforts and help address money laundering, fraud, misappropriated assets, embezzlement, disputes, bankruptcy, and regulatory compliance.
Organizations need investigation, compliance, and anti-bribery/anti-corruption forensic accounting professionals that have experience with private and public companies in a wide range of industries. We work with multinational companies including financial services providers and manufacturers in industries such as technology, aerospace, and telecommunications.
Our forensic accounting consultants also assist clients in developing best practices in anti-corruption compliance, including matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), UK Bribery Act, anti-money laundering, export controls and sanctions compliance, all backed by BDO’s global network.
BDO offers forensic accounting & regulatory compliance services to help your organization achieve its goals.
Mitigate potentially fraudulent activities, assess compliance gaps and expose weaknesses in internal controls.
Investigate wrongdoing and support anti-money laundering programming. Determine the facts, circumstances, and quantum of fraud, and present findings in a timely manner.
Evaluate, strategize, remediate, implement, test, and monitor your compliance program and related policies, procedures, and systems to reduce risk and establish internal control enhancements.
In the event of malfeasance, organizations need timely and comprehensive action to investigate the facts.
Our investigative services team preserves and collects relevant data and information, forensically reviews books and records, performs discreet corporate intelligence, conducts data analytics, performs information-gathering interviews on matters, such as:
By mobilizing quickly in a targeted manner, our global forensic accounting team helps organizations and individuals trace misappropriated assets, including digital assets, and mitigate the impact of financial and economic crime.
We are present in every critical “offshore haven,” working as a seamless team across offices in more than 160 countries.
Our forensic accounting professionals help organizations:
For organizations operating in high-risk industries, the ability to understand and mitigate potential issues and threats can minimize risk and drive better decision-making.
We use our extensive forensic accounting services to assist with:
With rigorous anti-money laundering (AML) and evolving sanctions regulations across multiple jurisdictions — and motivated bad actors with increasingly sophisticated methods — the potential for noncompliance is higher than ever.
We help organizations:
We assess regulatory risk; design, implement and strengthen compliance programs; provide training; test internal controls; and monitor compliance.
Our forensic accounting experience includes:
A robust and efficiently conducted monitorship can help organizations comply with laws, regulations, consent judgments and/or settlement agreements to remediate prior noncompliant corporate behavior.
In the event of a corporate monitorship, either voluntary or imposed, our forensic accounting professionals help organizations prepare internally for the monitor’s review or provide support to the monitor bringing:
In the event of malfeasance, organizations need timely and comprehensive action to investigate the facts.
Our investigative services team preserves and collects relevant data and information, forensically reviews books and records, performs discreet corporate intelligence, conducts data analytics, performs information-gathering interviews on matters, such as:
By mobilizing quickly in a targeted manner, our global forensic accounting team helps organizations and individuals trace misappropriated assets, including digital assets, and mitigate the impact of financial and economic crime.
We are present in every critical “offshore haven,” working as a seamless team across offices in more than 160 countries.
Our forensic accounting professionals help organizations:
For organizations operating in high-risk industries, the ability to understand and mitigate potential issues and threats can minimize risk and drive better decision-making.
We use our extensive forensic accounting services to assist with:
With rigorous anti-money laundering (AML) and evolving sanctions regulations across multiple jurisdictions — and motivated bad actors with increasingly sophisticated methods — the potential for noncompliance is higher than ever.
We help organizations:
We assess regulatory risk; design, implement and strengthen compliance programs; provide training; test internal controls; and monitor compliance.
Our forensic accounting experience includes:
A robust and efficiently conducted monitorship can help organizations comply with laws, regulations, consent judgments and/or settlement agreements to remediate prior noncompliant corporate behavior.
In the event of a corporate monitorship, either voluntary or imposed, our forensic accounting professionals help organizations prepare internally for the monitor’s review or provide support to the monitor bringing:
Organizations must navigate a myriad of sanctions and export control regulations when doing business internationally. BDO’s global teams assist with sanctions due diligence and trade compliance and offer a range of services including:
We help identify, manage, and monitor risk efficiently across industries and geographies. We work with financial services providers, manufacturers, and multinational companies in industries such as technology, aerospace, and telecommunications.
Our experience includes working with the following regulators:
Our forensic accounting professionals are well-versed in compliance programs. We understand the regulators’ expectations and know where unidentified, significant risks may exist. Our experience allows us to develop practical recommendations for remediation while using technology to limit the impact on day-to-day operations and already-strained resources.
We offer comprehensive financial and investigative services, forensic technologies and tools, quick turnaround times and a collaborative approach that puts the client first. We conduct thorough forensic accounting investigations to uncover irregularities and provide actionable insights for regulatory compliance.
BDO’s forensic data analytics professionals provide strategic and technical guidance to organizations around the world, helping them to more quickly digest, assess, and use their data in high-stakes matters involving voluminous data sets, disparate information, and complex issues.
BDO provides a comprehensive, integrated suite of forensic data analytics services for:
BDO’s data analytics team uses advanced technologies including AI, machine learning, and predictive modeling. We help legal teams quickly and effectively understand and respond to critical inquiries or allegations, and we support them throughout the process.
We efficiently and visually transform data and information into meaningful findings—regardless of volume, complexity, format, or location. When required, we also provide oral or written testimony, and serve as independent reviewers of data and technology-related issues. We deliver data visualizations and trial graphics to make even the most complex issues understandable to our clients and all interested parties.
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