Forensic Risk Alliance
FRA advised Airbus and its counsel from the early stages in designing a robust and forensically based approach to the investigation, customising a data governance strategy alongside compliance risk assessment and remediation support, as well as the eventual fine calculation.
A European bank approached FRA to perform an initial evaluation of its exposure related to customers allegedly involved in money laundering activities. This was of concern to the client given the potential regulatory, financial and reputational implications for the bank. FRA was requested to then perform a deeper dive
January 2007
In early 2007, the counsel defending Frederic Bourke, the Dooney & Bourke co-founder, engaged FRA in a high-profile FCPA investigation and subsequent prosecution. Bourke had invested in a scheme run by Victor Kozeny seeking to benefit from the future privatization of the Azeri state oil company, as had a number of institutional investors. FRA’s work involved the tracing of fund flows through a number of off-shore vehicles and eDiscovery support. The case established that while it was Kozeny who orchestrated the scheme to bribe senior Azeri government officials in order to encourage the privatization, Bourke had been “willfully blind” to the knowledge of the bribery.
Jordan Heier is an Associate Director in FRA’s Washington, DC office with over eight years experience in auditing and forensic accounting. Jordan has experience in conducting fact-finding interviews, developing project specific methodologies, and performing controls assessments. Jordan has led investigations […]
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