What you don't know can't hurt you
Appearances can be deceptive!  All organisations rely on a constant stream of information, much of which is irrelevant, to maintain control but all too often fail to examine and recognize the important finer detail and indicators. This is particularly prevalent in rapidly expanding highly profitable businesses - when profits are high your business can be most vulnerable.

Where things appear to be alright, they are often wrongly assumed to be so, creating a credibility gap that can be exploited through mis-representation, fraud or loss of commercial confidentiality. See Case Histories

Statistics indicate that more than 80% of corporate fraud is committed by existing employees, with most cases uncovered by accident. If you think you may have a problem, you probably do. Act now!

We work closely and confidentially with our clients and their professional advisers to provide a clearly focused one-stop service to combat fraud and other avoidable losses. We can identify and advise on problems both within your organisation and the external world of your contractors, suppliers and business competitors. In many instances we can help recover financial losses and reduce effects of additional damage, such as loss of reputation and the effect on shareholder value.

Prevention is the best way to deal with fraud. Although this is not always possible, we can help to minimise risk through auditing, upgrading existing systems and the recommendation of new controls which include specific indicators to alert you to possible problems.

Intellectual Property - Your products and ideas under threat
With brand identity such a strong factor in consumer marketing, people will go to extraordinary lengths to use your brand name to make a fast buck - a brand name that may have taken the company years, if not decades to establish as a market leader.

Counterfeit product is the scourge of the marketplace. Poor quality 'fake' goods on the local market stall are the tip of the iceberg. Our investigations for major blue chip companies have frequently uncovered a web of deceit encompassing many continents.

Globally, it is one of the fastest growing 'organised' crimes and accounts for millions of pounds of lost revenue to companies each year.

Besides this, there is the issue of the damage caused to a brand through poor quality goods entering into the marketplace. Can you afford to ignore it?

We organize the covert recovery of counterfeit product, conduct thorough investigations by tracing goods from the consumer, through the sales and distribution networks, right back to the manufacturing operation. Don't be surprised if the investigation leads right back to your own door step...........!

The Technology Minefield
Computers have given us the capability to increase our output to levels never dreamt of 20 years ago. As we place more importance on them in the workplace, we face two major issues: penetration from internal and external sources, and data loss.

How many companies have critical information stored on computers which, in the wrong hands, could seriously damage the company's status? With the Internet and the advent of wireless technology, the job of the computer 'hacker' is easier than ever before.

We have access to some of the leading experts in the business - highly experienced forensic programmers who will perform comprehensive penetration tests on your systems. Farleigh Investigations can provide IT-specific security auditing, with advice on how to protect your data from prying eyes.

In addition, we can help minimise the damage caused by 'fat finger syndrome'. Intrigued? We will do our utmost to retrieve valuable data lost perhaps by nothing more than pressing the wrong button.

Rest assured
We have proven expertise in:

Investigations of fire, burglary and theft claims involving fraud, arson or deception.

Verification of personal injury claims arising from industrial accidents, negligence or disease.

Professional indemnity and fidelity bond claims, especially when fraud is suspected prior to acceptance of insurance.

Insurance based litigation involving the tracing, evaluation and interviewing of witnesses.

Surveillance to verify or disprove fraudulent medical claims

Motor vehicle total loss claims

Surveillance - Offering a different perspective
Using covert professionals (former police and military) and covert vehicles with state of the art audio/video and technical surveillance equipment, our surveillance team evidence often provides the perfect complement in producing watertight cases - suitable for court proceedings if necessary.

This service is frequently employed in the course of other investigations, such as long term sick employees, medical insurance claims, moonlighting directors etc.

In extreme cases, our operatives can be placed within your company as covert employees to identify malpractice from the inside if appropriate.