A senior manager and vendor nexus behind suspected kickbacks
Was a senior manager steering purchases to favoured vendors, and was he gaining from it?
The question
Was a senior manager steering purchases to favoured vendors, and was he gaining from it?
What we did
We set the declared income of the manager and his family against their lifestyle and assets, traced vendor ownership, had our field team verify vendor premises, and held senior stakeholder interviews.
The outcome
Evidence of an employee and vendor nexus led to disciplinary action and tighter vendor onboarding controls.
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