Our Credentials

Expertise and Experience

Frisk utilises key professionals with diverse experience and expertise across both the public and private sectors, to ensure a best fit between skillset and client needs on each engagement. We are experienced in conducting protracted and complex civil and criminal investigations, involving the preparation of full briefs of evidence for court or other tribunals, as well as detailed, concise reports with recommendations to senior management, including Ministerial briefings. Our professionals have extensive experience conducting investigations for various state and federal government departments, including those involving the mandatory reporting to the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption for public sector corruption matters, and are well versed in operating within relevant policy, legislative and statutory provisions. Having undertaken scores of grievance and misconduct investigations, conducted numerous fraud risk assessments and delivered fraud awareness training, we have an in-depth understanding and knowledge of high risk areas where staff or professional misconduct are likely to occur and delivered appropriate strategies and solutions to mitigate these risks. Our team have well developed interpersonal skills and are adept at conducting enquiries of a sensitive nature where the utmost discretion is required. Frisk professionals are highly regarded across industries by their clients and peers alike and maintain an impressive list of contacts within State and Federal law enforcement bodies and regulatory authorities.

Significant Achievements - Case Studies

The nature of much of the work we conduct often being of a market sensitive nature, necessitates that we are unable to provide the names of clients and government agencies we have undertaken specific assignments for. However, a sample of some of our notable investigations include the following:

	A dispute was initiated by a SME over alleged guaranteed quantities of supply from a large corporate entity. Investigation resolved a potential extortion involving threats to personal safety and ambit damages claims between $30M and $50M, enabling senior management of a large corporate to achieve a negotiated settlement of $1.35M.
	A channel partner that had received  $7M in funding over 12mths from a large corporate, suddenly went into administration. Subsequent investigation on behalf of the investor established that they had entered into contractual obligations  and had been funding a $2 company, of which significant funds had been made in third party payments to some of 29 separate companies linked to the directors of the channel partner. The Commercial Director from the large corporate who was responsible for overseeing the relationship, left to become the CFO of a smaller firm.
	Investigation leading to successful prosecution of an offender on the verge of securing an advance of $15M from a large hotel chain for a potential resort development in Indonesia. The offender produced US$50M in fraudulent gold bullion certificates allegedly signed by Indonesia’s former President Sukarno as financial security against the imminent bank advance.
	When a Sales Manager resigned without notice, various anomalies were found in his client accounts. Investigation discovered the former Sales Manager had been falsifying customer contracts on pricing plans of low margin to secure sales and bonus targets, as well as ordering and receiving inventory on their behalf. In total, $330k of fraud and a further $160k of commercial losses were identified.
	A covert investigation disproved allegations of suspected intellectual property theft of machinery design by a licensed agent of the manufacturer. The ease in which covert enquiries were conducted culminated in tighter security procedures being implemented throughout all agencies of the client worldwide.

Recent Appointments

Frisk is proud to announce we have recently been appointed to the panel of investigative service providers for the Queensland Department of Child Safety.