Investigation & Intelligence ↗

Fraud & Commercial Loss Investigations

Stock is disappearing. Transactions look wrong. People or businesses may be connected. We can investigate the loss and establish what the evidence supports.

Discuss this instruction ↗

Ghosthawk starts with the loss, transaction or allegation that concerns you, then follows the relevant evidence and connections to assess whether the problem appears isolated or forms part of something wider.

How the instruction develops

Define the loss or allegation. Follow the evidence. Build the wider picture.

The exact method can change as the evidence develops, but the objective, authority and professional phase remain clear. Further work is only added where it would materially advance the instruction.

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Start with the loss or allegation

Review the transaction, representation, communication, missing stock or other event that first raised concern.

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Follow the relevant connections

Develop supported links between people, businesses, addresses, transactions, assets and events where the evidence justifies doing so.

03

Build the wider picture

Distinguish isolated events from supported patterns, identify unresolved issues and provide an evidence-led report for the next step.

What you receive

A usable outcome — not just activity.

The output is a structured, evidence-led investigation record focused on the suspected conduct, loss and relevant connections rather than a predetermined conclusion.

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Evidence-led findings

A structured account of transactions, records, people, events or other evidence relevant to the defined concern.

02

Developed lines of enquiry

A documented assessment of connections, inconsistencies and further investigative opportunities justified by the evidence.

03

Investigation report

Clear findings, limitations and unresolved issues to support the client’s next legal, commercial, disciplinary or recovery decision.

Defined scope

Clear scope before work starts.

Ghosthawk agrees what the instruction or authorised phase is intended to establish and the professional effort included before work begins.

Investigation scopes

Choose the scope that fits the question at the outset. A defined initial phase can stand alone; broader or multi-strand matters are scoped separately.

01 / Focused

Focused Initial Assessment

from £250

A tightly defined assessment or enquiry focused on a specific concern, evidence set, transaction or line of enquiry.

02 / Standard

Standard Investigation

from £500

A broader fraud or commercial-loss investigation involving multiple enquiries, evidence strands or relevant people.

Larger or developing matters are divided into further defined phases only where the evidence and objective justify them.

Methods that may be relevant

Use only what the instruction needs.

The service is not a checklist of techniques. Methods are selected because they help answer the agreed question, not simply because they are available.

01Records and communications review
02Open-source and company research
03Tracing and association analysis
04Field enquiries
05Surveillance where separately scoped and authorised
06Covert or evidential purchasing where separately scoped and authorised

Discuss this instruction

Tell us the situation and the outcome you need.

You do not need to select the perfect service or prepare a complete evidence pack before contacting us. Give us the essential facts and we will assess the appropriate first step.

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