Case studies
Innocent party caught under the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002Our client operated a property development business, which they
had established with a family member. However, the family member
was subsequently charged with drug trafficking. The business assets,
being the properties under development and an additional property
that had been fully developed and was in the process of being sold
as individual units, were restrained under the Criminal Proceeds
Confiscation Act 2002.
$3 million dollar fraudThe client only had a suspicion that fraud was potentially occurring (and had no actual evidence or confirmation). The client was unable to identify any areas where the fraud maybe concealed. With over 5 years of financial transactions to investigate, identifying and gathering the evidence required could be likened to “finding a needle in a hay stack”.
High Court has the last WordOver the past few years John McCallum, Director, BDO, has reported in Club Insight the progress through the Courts of a case involving Word Investments Ltd (“Word”) - a company seeking endorsement from the Australian Taxation Office (“ATO”) as a tax exempt charity
Statistical sampling to improve Quality AssuranceEnchancing compliance at RACQ Insurance
RACQ Insurance approached BDO with a view to enhancing its
Quality Assurance (QA) processes for insurance claims and to utilise our
expertise in statistical sampling to achieve a risk based approach required
by the regulator. Our in-depth understanding of RACQ Insurance business
and the commercial environment in which they operate provided us with
unique and valuable insight that enabled our specialists to tailor solutions
to meet their business requirements.