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Spectra Forensics, Investigation Specialist

Who we help

Forensic support for your role.

Boards, lenders, counsel, regulators and investors each come to us with different questions. Find the team and the approach built for yours.

Client groups

Find your client group

Boards, audit committees & management

Independent answers for boards and management

Independent investigations of fraud, misconduct and whistleblower complaints, reported to the board and defensible before regulators and courts.

Banks, NBFCs & financial institutions

Forensic audits for lenders and financial institutions

Forensic audits of borrower accounts, fund-diversion reviews, and internal and customer fraud investigations for lenders, insurers and fintechs.

Legal counsel & law firms

Forensic evidence for counsel and their clients

Forensic accounting, eDiscovery, loss quantification and expert evidence for in-house legal teams, law firms and their clients.

Regulators & investigating agencies

Specialist support for regulators and investigating agencies

Forensic accounting, digital forensics and expert analysis for regulatory bodies, investigating agencies and the financial institutions that work with them.

Insolvency professionals & creditors

Transaction audits for resolution professionals and creditors

Transaction audits, PUFE reviews and asset tracing for resolution professionals, liquidators and committees of creditors under the IBC.

Investors, funds & deal advisors

Know who you are investing in, before and after you invest

Promoter and management intelligence, integrity due diligence and post-investment monitoring for private equity, hedge funds, family offices, pre-IPO investors and the M&A and lending advisors who serve them.

Sectors

Industries we serve

We have worked across the Indian economy, from banks and insurers to cement plants, foundries, solar developers and software companies. Knowing how each sector runs tells us where to look. The schemes themselves are human, and they repeat from one industry to the next, so our methods work wherever the matter is.

11 sectors · 60 industries

Banking & financial services

5

Loan and borrower fraud, fund diversion, claims and mis-selling, and staff collusion.

  • Banking
  • NBFCs & lending
  • General insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Financial services

Industrials & capital goods

7

Procurement and vendor fraud, inventory and scrap leakage, and dealer and distributor schemes.

  • Capital goods
  • Forging & foundry
  • Automotive & auto components
  • Industrial & process equipment
  • Control & instrumentation
  • Rubber & conveyor products
  • Engineering services

Materials & chemicals

9

Raw-material and freight frauds, quality and quantity manipulation, and channel abuse.

  • Cement & building materials
  • Steel & specialty alloys
  • Mining & industrial minerals
  • Paints, adhesives & construction chemicals
  • Specialty chemicals & intermediates
  • Agrochemicals
  • Petrochemicals
  • Technical textiles
  • Packaging

Energy & renewables

6

Project cost inflation, sub-contractor collusion and land and asset disputes.

  • Renewable energy
  • Wind power
  • Solar power & EPC
  • Power generation & transmission
  • Green hydrogen
  • Oil & gas

Infrastructure, EPC & real estate

6

Contract and billing fraud, project-cost overruns and diversion of project funds.

  • EPC
  • Infrastructure development
  • Project management
  • Construction
  • Power-transmission EPC
  • Real estate

Logistics & supply chain

4

Freight and transit losses, warehouse leakage and transporter collusion.

  • Logistics & shipping
  • Ports
  • Manufacturing & supply chain
  • Distribution

Technology & media

5

Data theft, insider threats, revenue leakage and intellectual-property misuse.

  • Software & IT services
  • IT consulting
  • Enterprise software
  • Telecom & digital services
  • Media & publishing

Consumer & retail

4

Retail shrinkage, franchise and distributor fraud, and counterfeit products.

  • Retail
  • FMCG & food
  • Consumer electronics & lighting
  • Hospitality

Healthcare & pharmaceuticals

3

Distributor and stockist fraud, research and regulatory misconduct, and claims abuse.

  • Pharmaceuticals
  • APIs & bulk drugs
  • Healthcare services

Diversified groups

2

Group-wide investigations across listed companies, subsidiaries and promoter entities.

  • Conglomerates
  • Promoter & family groups

Investors, advisors & professional firms

9

Promoter and management intelligence before an investment and monitoring after it. We also work as an independent specialist partner to law firms and global audit and consulting firms.

  • Private equity & venture funds
  • Hedge funds
  • Family offices & HNI investors
  • Pre-IPO investors
  • M&A & transaction advisors
  • Lending & debt advisors
  • Investment advisors
  • Law firms
  • Audit & consulting firms

Don’t see your industry? Fraud follows people, not sectors. The same schemes, and the same methods to find them, apply wherever you operate.

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Confidential consultation

Discuss your matter with a senior expert.

Tell us what has happened. We will listen, advise on immediate next steps and propose a scope, in strict confidence.

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