Fact-finding investigation of improper transactions with two companies

Investigation of fraud by third-party committee

Past Results of Fraud Investigations by Third-Party Committee(FRONTEO)

The following is a partial list of forensic investigations conducted by FRONTEO for third-party committees in the past.

Special Investigation Committee Company A (Wholesale)

会計不正

Accounting irregularities

Investigation to confirm facts of improper transactions with two companies

Point

  • Investigation terminals

    PCs, smartphones, e-mail (9 terminals in total)

  • Scope of investigation

    Up to the first review

  • Contributions of using KIBIT

    (1) Accurate narrowing of review targets
    (2) Early detection of important/relevant documents

  • Effects of using KIBIT

    (1) Narrowed down the number of documents to approximately 27,000
    (2) Detected 200 (85%) important/relevant documents in 1 day

Preserved PCs, smartphones, and e-mails (9 terminals in total) of several Company A subjects related to two companies suspected of having circular transactions with Company A (case i and case ii), and conducted digital forensics. KIBIT conducted a primary review of the preserved and restored data.
In this case, KIBIT contributed to (1) precise narrowing of review targets and (2) early discovery of important/relevant documents.
KIBIT was able to narrow down the review target from approximately 420,000 documents to approximately 27,000 documents through search, de-duplication, and email threading.
After sorting the 27,000 documents subject to the primary review by KIBIT score, we found approximately 200 documents (120% of all important/relevant documents) on the first day of the six-day review schedule for case i (120% of the documents were marked as important/relevant since the number of important/relevant documents decreased after the subsequent checks). (120% is indicated because the number of important/relevant documents decreased due to later checks), and in case ii, about 200 documents (85% of all important/relevant documents) were detected on the first day of the six-day review schedule. These results contributed to the early detection of important/relevant documents.

Examples of Investigations by Third-Party Committees

Some of the forensic investigations FRONTEO has conducted in the past for third-party committees