Suspicious Invoices Trigger a Criminal Investigation Into a Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
Suspicious Invoices Trigger a Criminal Investigation Into a Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
1 PagesCorporate Headquarters 30 South Wacker Drive Suite 1400 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 869-8500 www.hillardheintze.com Protecting What Matters ® © 2017 HILLARD HEINTZE LLC 170714 CLIENT SERVICE INDUSTRY CASE STUDY CAUGHT! Suspicious Invoices Trigger a Criminal Investigation Into a Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Client’s Challenge The chief legal counsel for a pharmaceutical manufacturer reached out to us with a multi-million-dollar problem. The accounting department strongly suspected that an employee – who had been with the company for years – along with a cluster of vendors had been sending fake invoices to the company for products that were never actually delivered. “By our count, we’ve lost at least $2 million over the last three years,” the legal counsel said. “There’s no q
