If you’ve landed on this page, the odds are that something doesn’t feel quite right.
Your team may have caught a minor discrepancy on a routine audit. Maybe someone flagged an employee’s unusually close relationship with a vendor. Perhaps you’ve heard whispers—nothing concrete, but just enough to raise your eyebrows.
What you’re feeling isn’t paranoia. It’s good leadership. And it’s usually the first indicator that fraud, waste, or abuse is already in motion. While you may not have an organization large enough to call the White House and ask the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to step in for help, you aren’t at a loss!
At Diligence International Group, we’ve spent our careers working with legal teams, insurers, and corporate decision-makers under pressure to protect the company, without setting off alarm bells or making the situation worse. Most aren’t looking for scandal. They’re looking for clarity. Quietly, quickly, and with evidence that holds up if things escalate.
Fraud Doesn’t Wear a Mask; It Signs In at the Front Desk
In our experience, corporate-level fraud rarely looks like Hollywood. It doesn’t involve secret meetings in parking garages or off-shore wire transfers (although we’ve seen those, too). More often, it looks like this:
A regional manager rubber-stamping expenses without review
Duplicate invoices routed through slightly altered vendor names
Claims that check out—until you verify them
Relationships that blur the line between loyalty and kickback
It starts with opportunity and convenience, not malice. However, the pattern grows once someone sees that they can get away with a little. By the time a legal team is involved, the damage may be financial, reputational, and internal.
Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: The Hidden Trifecta
Let’s break it down for the folks responsible for keeping the wheels on track.
Fraud is deception or intentional manipulation for personal gain. Waste is inefficiency, where money or resources are lost due to poor oversight. Abuse is misuse, where someone leverages authority or takes advantage of systems for personal benefit.
Together, this trio can erode a company’s integrity from the inside out. But while fraud is often what lands you in headlines or litigation, it’s waste and abuse that build quietly under the surface, undetected, until it’s too late.
What Your Legal and Compliance Teams Need to Know
Your compliance framework may be solid on paper. Your reporting lines may be clean. But if you're not actively testing those controls, they’re just placeholders.
Here's what we often find when we're brought in:
Politics and relationships limit internal investigations. HR doesn’t want to push. Middle managers don’t want to point fingers. Absolutely no one wants their name stamped next to a complex financial investigation.
Documents may look legitimate, but aren’t verified against third-party sources. Vendors don’t exist. Receipts are recycled. Paper trails have been manufactured.
The person managing the books often knows the loopholes better than anyone else. And they use that knowledge with surgical precision.
The goal for your legal counsel, audit committee, or insurer isn’t just recovery. It’s resolution and defensibility—a clear story backed by hard facts, so the company can act decisively.
Why Acting Early Protects More Than Dollars
We’ve been pulled in after lawsuits were filed, regulators got involved, and whistleblowers went public. By then, the company’s options were narrow. But we’ve also been brought in early—when a CFO had a hunch or when a board member needed quiet verification.
In those cases, we were able to:
Trace fraud to its source before it spreads
Gather documentation admissible in internal hearings or court
Deliver discreet reports that helped clients take corrective action without reputational fallout
An early investigation is not an overreaction. It’s a safeguard. It allows you to make confident decisions based on truth, not suspicion.
What Makes a Case Worth Investigating?
If you're a legal advisor, compliance lead, or insurer reviewing risk exposure, here are some signs it's time to call in an experienced fraud investigator:
Unusual relationships between procurement staff and vendors
Repeated "one-off" exceptions to approval processes
Vague expense reports that don’t align with project timelines
A sudden spike in claim volume or suspiciously similar narratives
A whistleblower report that seems too detailed to ignore
At Diligence International Group, we don’t throw gasoline on a fire. We verify, cross-check, and report back clearly and professionally—no drama—just answers.
We’re Not Guessing. We’ve Done This for Decades.
Our founder, Richard Marquez, built his reputation leading high-profile international investigations for federal agencies and Fortune 500 clients. Our VP, Kevin Glasgow, brings operational discipline and a sixth sense for detail that most people miss.
This isn’t theoretical for us. We’ve tracked down internal embezzlement, insurance fraud, and organized procurement abuse in some of the most high-stakes environments you can imagine. We’ve helped clients:
Strengthen internal controls before regulators stepped in
Win litigation with clean, admissible evidence
Quietly remove bad actors without causing collateral damage
Our priority is always the same: protect what matters, preserve what's honest, and tell you what’s real, without delay or spin.
Prevent the Spread of Fraud and Waste with Diligence International Group
If something doesn’t feel right in your organization, you don’t need to sound the alarm. You just need to ask the right questions—and get help answering them.
Fraud, waste, and abuse aren’t just financial risks. They’re reputational liabilities. Culture-killers. Litigation is waiting to happen.
Let’s stop the damage before it spreads.
Diligence International Group is here to help you look closer, act smarter, and protect your business with confidence.
Contact us today to learn more about our services.
