COMBATING MONEY LAUNDERING AND FRAUD

Case Study 2 – Combating Fraud

During a random external sweep for one of our longstanding clients, we discovered an anomaly in the electromagnetic spectrum. We contacted our client and gained immediate access to conduct a snap electronic and physical survey of their London headquarters. The anomaly was successfully traced to a director's office and following an intensive physical search a device was found within the base unit of the director's telephone system. The device was a small transmitter able to transmit both sides of a telephone conversation and the ambient room conversations to an appropriate receiver. Our primary concern was the length time the device had been installed since the last regular TSCM inspection.

Considering the stringent security protocols that had been introduced following our initial inspection and subsequent report, our investigations led us to assume that the main culprit was an employee. Upon further investigation it was discovered that a pending hostile acquisition of a competitor was creating tensions within the organisation and leading to attempts to gain information as about, for example the future share price and redundancies.

Following a combination of investigation and surveillance, an employee was identified as the culprit. Due to the sensitivity of the situation, the matter was dealt with internally.