- Overview
Workplace fraud is rarely just about the money.
Allegations of fraud often involve significant questions about the effectiveness of organizational processes as well as how they were followed or circumvented. The alleged conduct may span years, multiple individuals, or multiple departments. Organizations need more than an accounting of what happened — they need an independent investigation that can root out the underlying enabling factors and one that can withstand scrutiny in litigation.
Oppenheimer Investigations Group conducts independent investigations into allegations of workplace fraud and related misconduct. As neutral, external attorney investigators, we determine what happened, who was involved, and whether and how organizational policies, legal obligations, or professional responsibilities were violated.
We have investigated allegations of employee theft, misuse of organizational resources, falsified records, fraudulent expense reimbursements, improper billing, abuse of authority, and leadership failures to identify or address potential misconduct.
Our attorney investigators examine the people, decisions, and conduct behind allegations of workplace fraud, evaluating witness testimony alongside documentary, electronic, financial, and operational evidence. We deliver thorough, well-supported findings that help employers, governing boards, public agencies, and legal counsel navigate complex allegations and take appropriate remedial action with confidence.
Workplace Fraud Matters We Investigate
Our workplace fraud investigations regularly involve:
- Financial misconduct by employees, managers, executives, and organizational leaders
- Employee theft, embezzlement, and misuse of organizational funds, property, or resources
- Fraudulent expense reimbursements and other financial irregularities
- Falsified payroll, overtime, timekeeping, and leave records
- Government billing, reimbursement, and public funding fraud
- Procurement and purchasing misconduct
- Unauthorized acquisition, destruction, or misuse of organizational property, data, information or other assets
- Abuse of authority for personal, professional or financial benefit
- Leadership failures to identify, prevent, or respond appropriately to financial misconduct
- Retaliation and related workplace misconduct arising from reports of suspected fraud or financial wrongdoing allegations
Representative Matters
Our experience includes fraud investigations involving:
- Multimillion-dollar government healthcare billing matters
- $2+ million civil racketeering and fraud matters
- Decade-long multi-party payroll fraud and payroll-record manipulation
- Leadership failures to identify or address alleged financial misconduct
- Multi-year timecard and field inspection fraud uncovered through GPS and operational records
- Unauthorized exfiltration and deletion of 75+ proprietary organizational files
- Abuse of authority and misuse of confidential information
- Misuse of public funds and organizational resources
- Employee theft and fraudulent acquisition of nonprofit assets
- Fraudulent expense reimbursement spanning multiple years
Why Hire OIG to Investigate Workplace Fraud?
- Independent investigations trusted by employers, governing boards, and legal counsel
- Known for investigating highly sensitive, high-stakes workplace matters
- Expertise investigating the complex context of financial misconduct alongside related workplace issues, including abuse of authority, retaliation, and leadership failures
- Clear, defensible findings that support confident organizational decision-making
- Experienced at testifying in deposition and trial
Our Approach
Workplace fraud investigations require organizations to answer a series of important questions: What happened? How did it occur? Who was involved? What did relevant individuals know? Were established processes followed? What evidence supports the allegations? And, if the allegations are sustained, how might the organization prevent future fraud?
Our attorney investigators gather and evaluate documentary, electronic, financial, operational, and witness evidence to answer those questions. Depending on the matter, we may review financial records, communications, timekeeping data, expense reports, security logs, GPS information, personnel records, and other relevant evidence.
We then analyze the evidence through interviews, credibility assessments, and detailed factual review to determine what occurred and whether organizational policies, legal obligations, or professional responsibilities were violated.
When a matter requires specialized accounting or technical expertise, we work alongside forensic accountants or other subject matter experts. We remain focused on developing a thorough factual record and providing clear, well-supported findings that help organizations address complex allegations and make informed decisions.
