Investigations

Background, Fraud, Private and Due Diligence

The events of September 11, 2001 mobilized the United States, many foreign governments, the private sector, and particularly domestic and global financial institutions, to intensify their battle against terrorist operations, financing, and money laundering.  Since then, both legislation and policy guidelines dealing with money laundering prevention and detection have been improved and financial institutions have been both encouraged and/or required by governments and international agencies to implement and maintain policies and procedures that identify and thwart money laundering.  The net result of this has been a legal responsibility for the implementation and continuing effectiveness of anti-money laundering and compliance programs, and the creation of identification and enforcement partnerships from the strategic level through the most basic levels of government and industry. 

GSR's Approach

GSR provides highly trained and experienced teams of law enforcement, intelligence, and counter terrorism experts to meet client compliance and investigative requirements.  Increasing compliance requirements, coupled with permanent staff hiring freezes and reductions, have led to a shortage of corporate in-house trained individuals to perform suspicious activity detection and investigation work.  GSR fills this manpower gap for institutions with its significant network of highly trained and certified investigators.

Why GSR?

Knowledge of the Law – GSR employees are knowledgeable trained law enforcement, intelligence, and counter terroroism professionals.  Our consultants are familiar with statutes and regulatory policies that govern the US and international financial market requirements.  The net result of their first-hand experience is an extremely knowledgeable cadre of investigators, analysts, and operators who perform to a criminal prosecution standard, the highest standard in the industry.

Experience in the Industry – GSR leverages our network of hundreds of former law enforcement officials from various agencies and backgrounds to meet client manpower needs.  Our consultants have literally spent careers performing investigative functions and have operated at a standard required for prosecution.  This level of experience is largely unmatched in the industry.

Certified Professionals – GSR’s employees are former Federal Agents, Certified Police Officers, Licensed Private Investigators, Certified Criminal Analysts (CFA), Certified Frauds Examiners (CFE), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), and Certified Protection Professionals.

Our Services

GSR financial investigations include Know Your Customer (KYC), Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) and Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) information collection, Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) review, analysis, interpretation, and processing for handover to client or law enforcement for follow-on operations.

GSR due diligence investigations concern a number of concepts involving either an investigation of a business or person prior to signing a contract.  Due diligence investigations can be voluntary or a legal obligation in various industries and is the process through which a potential acquirer evaluates a target company or its assets for acquisition.

With the growing concern for employers to mitigate internal risk, GSR provides background investigation services for employee hiring.  Our comprehensive pre-employment screening services for businesses and organizations will help limit your internal risk.

GSR investigates what could be described as the “traditional” fraud offenses, such as banking frauds, insurance frauds, investment frauds, insider dealing frauds, advance fee frauds, and Internet frauds, among others.

GSR provides discrete private investigation services for individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services.  Our investigators often work for attorneys in civil cases and in many cases for insurance companies to investigate suspicious claims.  GSR performs special investigations on a case by case basis.