Does TFTS access private bank records during a fraud inquiry?

No. Accessing private banking records without statutory or judicial authority is unlawful under the Data Protection Act 2018. Instead, we trace asset settlements, identify banking institutions, and uncover beneficial ownership so your solicitors can obtain lawful court disclosure orders.

How fast can TFTS deploy when active fraud is discovered?

We initiate immediate open-source and corporate registry containment within hours of instruction to map key assets before perpetrators can move capital to non-cooperative offshore jurisdictions.

Can your findings be provided to the Police or Serious Fraud Office (SFO)?

Yes. Our evidentiary dossiers are compiled to criminal and civil court standards and are regularly submitted to the City of London Police, SFO, or Action Fraud alongside parallel civil recovery litigation.

What information is helpful when initiating an instruction?

Initial transaction records, questionable invoices, vendor registration details, and internal audit notes are ideal. We conduct an initial scoping review to assess proportionality and next steps.

Disciplines/Corporate Investigations Practice

Corporate Fraud Investigations

Investigative support where organisations face suspected fraud, financial irregularity or unexplained commercial activity.

Clean boardroom table with structured financial review documents

Forensic examination of corporate accounting records

Mandate Parameters

Corporate fraud hides behind legitimate commercial complexity.

Fraudsters do not write confessions. They layer transactions across nominee directors, shell companies, and falsified invoicing.

Financial misconduct within commercial organisations rarely presents itself as overt theft. Instead, it is masked inside standard procurement cycles, split purchase orders, inflated consultancy agreements, and off-balance-sheet arrangements.

Unravelling sophisticated corporate fraud requires tracing the flow of commercial benefit: identifying who truly authorised transactions, who owns the recipient vehicles, and where diverted value ultimately settled.

TFTS investigates corporate fraud with forensic precision—connecting individuals to shell corporate structures, documenting unlawful financial diversions, and providing the evidence required for civil freezing injunctions and recovery proceedings.

Observed Circumstances & Mandate Triggers

Procurement executives establishing undisclosed vendor entities to capture margin

Collusive invoice manipulation and phantom billing running across multiple financial years

Diversion of high-value business contracts and opportunities to competitor vehicles

Executive falsification of financial milestones to trigger contractual bonus incentives

Systemic inventory or asset leakage concealed through falsified write-off records

Operational Scope

Investigative Scope & Focus

04 Distinct Vectors

Vendor & Invoice Collusion

Exposing circular invoicing, ghost suppliers, inflated billing, and kickback arrangements between staff and suppliers.

Beneficial Ownership Deconstruction

Unmasking corporate veils, nominee directors, and offshore shell entities receiving misappropriated corporate capital.

Financial Flow & Asset Settlement

Tracing diverted commercial value into real estate, luxury chattels, secondary corporate ventures, and offshore accounts.

Digital Communication & Audit Trails

Reconstructing communication sequences, unauthorized authorization overrides, and deliberate audit record erasures.

Procedural Standard

Investigation Method

PHASE 01

Scheme Deconstruction

Mapping transactional anomalies, authorization pathways, and financial delta against internal control protocols.

PHASE 02

Network & Entity Profiling

Interrogating domestic and international registries to reveal undisclosed ties between internal suspects and external vendors.

PHASE 03

Field Corroboration

Physical verification of trading premises, warehouse inventory, and operational existence of questionable suppliers.

PHASE 04

Asset Identification

Locating realisable target assets to establish commercial viability for pre-judgment freezing orders.

PHASE 05

Restitution Dossier

Delivering an unassailable evidentiary file formatted for freezing injunctions (Mareva) and civil asset recovery.

Work Product

Evidence & Restitution Brief

Formatted to support emergency High Court applications under CPR Part 25 for Freezing Orders and Search Orders.

Deliverable 01

Forensic Investigation Report detailing fraud mechanisms, timeline, and quantified loss metrics

Deliverable 02

Beneficial ownership relational charts demonstrating common control of recipient entities

Deliverable 03

Asset tracing schedule ready for charging orders and third-party debt enforcement

Deliverable 04

Affidavit-ready investigator statements detailing chain of custody and primary evidence

Procedural Governance & Admissibility Framework

All evidence compiled in accordance with Civil Procedure Rules (CPR Parts 31 & 32), Data Protection Act 2018, and BS 102000 Code of Practice. Evidential integrity and contemporaneous audit trails preserved across all phases.

Evidential Clarity