Forensic Services
Empower action. Protect value. Build trust where it matters most.
As businesses grow and transform, so do the risks they face — from fraud and misconduct to complex disputes. PwC’s Forensics team helps organisations protect their value and reputation by providing end-to-end support across prevention, detection and response. With the right insight and response strategies in place, we help turn risk into resilience — and exposure into strength.
PwC Forensic in the Eurasia region brings together a distinguished team of specialists who help organisations anticipate, identify and effectively respond to integrity risks, ensuring robust governance and strengthening trust across the corporate environment.
“In an era of increasing complexity and scrutiny, organisations need more than just reactive measures — they need foresight. At PwC Forensics, we empower clients to navigate risk with confidence, uncover the truth when it matters most, and safeguard their reputation through strategic, data-driven insights.”
Forensic services
Anti-fraud assessments and investigations
AML assessments
Anti-bribery assessments and investigations
Sanctions compliance assessments
Third party forensic due diligence and asset tracing
Trainings in forensic and compliance areas
Litigation support and corporate damage assessment
Compliance / Regulatory due diligence
Business Ethics and corporate culture assessments
Procurement audits and assessments
High volume forensic data analytics and mass screenings
Our selected experience:
Independent assessment of compliance functions of two subsidiaries of a major international financial group.
Independent assessment of the AML/CFT program in several major CIS banks as part of a correspondent banking due diligence review
initiated by a leading international financial group
in the EU.
Third party due diligence aimed to identify indicators of potential misconduct and conflicts of interest at the request of large mining company in the Eurasia region.
Forensic analysis of the use of government provided subsidies granted to state owned corporations and development institutions across CIS countries.
Investigation of potential misconduct and violations escalated by the corporate hotline system at subsidiary of an Australian-headquartered international financial group.
Development of a sanctions policy and optimisation of sanctions screening procedures for a major investment company in the CIS region.
Annual procurement audits for major banks across the CIS region.
Regulatory compliance review for a major pharmaceutical company in the CIS region.
Investigation into financial fraud at one of the largest oil holdings in Kazakhstan.
Sanctions compliance assessment in banks at the request of the regulator in CIS.
Compliance due diligence. Compliance target model and Forensic focus areas.
An effective compliance system represents a complex organizational model, which includes such elements as strategy, processes and infrastructure:
Potential requests and solution examples
The company entered new market and needs to adopt group requirements to local legislation.
- Comparative analysis of local and group requirements.
- Assistance in a building compliance programs in accordance with group and local requirements as well as with applicable global standards (FCPA, UK BA, AMLD, Wolfsberg, etc.).
A message has been received regarding the Client's employees or contractors to the Compliance hotline.
- Detailed analysis of reports received via Compliance hotline system.
- Conducting investigations of known suspicions in relation to the relevant company's employees.
One of the shareholders wants to leave the business and does not agree with the valuation of their share.
- Collecting information to strengthen negotiating positions during negotiations and settlement of disputes between business owners.
- Assistance in preparing the calculation of damage and debt.
The company needs to develop Regulatory Change Management (RCM) system in place, based on exhaustive map of applicable global and local requirements.
- Detailed mapping of applicable external requirements in areas within the scope of the analysis.
- Analysis and mapping of the existing internal controls aiming to mitigate related risks.
- Comparative analysis of the current RCM system with the leading industry practices.
Obtain information about the possible involvement of the counterparty or related parties in illegal activities and whether it is affiliated with a PEPs or sanctioned individuals and entities.
- Analysis of information from public databases.
- PEP and sanction screening.
- Adverse media screening.
- Conflicts of interest check.
- Affiliation check and the identification of related parties.
Shareholders or management have suspicions about potentially fraudulent activities of the company's management.
- Identification of suspicious transactions potentially aimed at the withdrawal of assets.
- Investigation of cases of misappropriation of assets, commercial bribery, cases of legalization of proceeds from criminal activities.
Compliance
- Analysis of policies and procedures for compliance with local and global legal requirements, including the FCPA, UKBA, AMLD, FATF, Wolfsberg, etc.
- Identifying risk areas, assessment of inherent risks and providing recommendations on compliance with legislative requirements.
- Analysis, development and implementation of policies and procedures in compliance area.
Trainings
- We deliver online and face-to-face trainings on major compliance topics for a wide range of sectors and businesses, including financial institutions.
Forensic due diligence
- Conducting of third-party due diligence using publicly available information.
- Identification of government officials and high-risk individuals.
- Asset tracing for individuals and legal entities in CIS and abroad.
- Development of due diligence processes and procedures.
Forensic data analytics
- Collection and forensic analysis of large structured and unstructured data sets.
- Analysis and knowledge discovery in databases and other structured data.
- High volume due diligence checks.
Fraud investigation
- Corporate and internal investigations into misconduct and ABAC matters requiring regulatory disclosure.
- Fraud investigations pertaining to financial reporting.
- Due diligence of questionable counterparties or commercial activities.
Dispute services
- Expert testimony and evaluation of opposing expert opinions.
- Support in negotiations and settlement discussions.
- Collecting and analyzing information necessary to justify the positions of the parties and gathering sufficient evidence to represent them in the court.
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Contacts
Natalya Lim
Vitaly Falin
Sergey Sysenko
Georgii Eksuzyan
Maria Kalugina
