SPECIALISTS IN CYBERCRIME & FINANCIAL FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS

A preliminary investigation into any investment scheme can usually be conducted within a 2-to-3-month period depending on the complexity of the case, the geographic locations involved, and the number of investors involved.

The first step is to review the investment agreement to verify the details and establish whether you have been deceived into investing money by false pretences, deceptive marketing, or false and misleading statements.

Once a case is analysed, an investigation proposal is prepared detailing the scope of work that IFW intends to undertake.

If you believe you are a victim of a fraud or a deceptive scheme, you will need to provide IFW Global with evidence of the fraud, including (but not limited to) all communications with the fraudsters, their contact details (emails, phone numbers etc), bank receipts, voice recordings, contracts and agreements, copies of any Police reports and any other evidence required to support your investigation.

The costs and fees associated with these investigations vary as every individual case is different and requires different scopes of work depending on a variety of factors. Therefore, clients are required to complete a client discovery questionnaire so their case can be reviewed.

You may have to pay additional fees for any legal representation or additional travel outside the scope of work if this becomes necessary. We will never incur any additional expenses without your authorisation and/or prior approval. These costs are added to your claim to make up your total ‘costs and damages’ claim.

IFW Global Investigations is a private intelligence and investigations firm. We are unable to undertake pro-bono or commission-only work as we incur significant costs throughout the investigation. We are not government funded and our firm does not offer litigation funding therefore it is necessary for our clients to fund their investigations.

Successful recovery is dependent on the experience of the investigations team, the evidence brought to light by an investigation, and the investigation budget to pursue the scammers as far as possible.

We can confirm that IFW Global Investigations has recovered over $22 million for clients in the past 6 years, and we continue to successfully negotiate settlements and return funds to our clients. Each case is carefully assessed to minimize the risk of paying money for a recovery and getting no return.

IFW also does not accept cases where we believe the chance of a recovery is very low.

Any recovered funds that come because of an IFW investigation or a private negotiation are only available to IFW clients who have signed our official engagement letter and accepted the terms of this engagement. In criminal fraud cases, once the existing complaints are ready to file with the Police, we cannot add more claims as this will delay law enforcement operations (raids and/or arrests). Once a settlement agreement is made, we do not get a second chance to add more claims as ceasing legal actions may be a term of the settlement agreement. If you have any other questions, please contact us.