fraud investigation

E199v: Unmasking Collusion – Detecting and Preventing Anti-Competitive Behaviours (Live Webinar)

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Just completed yesterday (22 September 2025) a customized run of E199v: Unmasking Collusion – Detecting and Preventing Anti-Competitive Behaviours (Live Webinar) for a client through Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)‘s customized Continuing Professional Development for 40 over participants. The next available open public run is on 18 November 2025 and interested folks can sign-up … Read more

Detecting Bid-Rigging Through Internal Audit Practice

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Appreciate the opportunity by The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Singapore to share at their lunch-time (Live Streaming) webinar on the topic, “Detecting Bid-Rigging Through Internal Audit Practices” on 12 June 2025 (Thursday) from 12.00 p.m. to 1.00 p.m. The session was scheduled for one hour but over-ran by ten minutes due to the number … Read more

Fraud Auditing Course for the Institute of Internal Auditors

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Completed the inaugural one day “Fraud Auditing” course organized by the Institute of Internal Auditors (Singapore) at M Hotel today with an engaging and enthusiastic group of participants spanning backgrounds ranging from internal audit, risk management, compliance and law enforcement. We had covered the overview of the detection, assessment, investigation, and mitigation of fraud. The … Read more

ISCA’s Financial Forensic Accounting (FFA) Virtual Lunch Talk: Behind Closed Doors: Exposing Anti-Competitive Practices from Bid Rigging

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Glad to have shared at ISCA’s Financial Forensic Accounting (FFA) Virtual Lunch Talk: Behind Closed Doors: Exposing Anti-Competitive Practices from Bid Rigging on 5 December 2024 from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. via Zoom to 177 participants from Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and even Australia. Kudos to the great folks at Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) … Read more

Behind Closed Doors: Exposing Anti-Competitive Practices in Bid-Rigging

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I had an interesting time co-presenting this topic to members of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners from Singapore Chapter, Taiwan Chapter, Hong Kong Chapter, Malaysian Chapter and India Chapter. My co-presenter Cheryl Ng, CFE from Foxwood and I covered the following topics:(1) Introduction to Bid Rigging(2) Bid Rigging Cases (in Singapore)(3) Key Red Flags … Read more

Lie to Me: Unravelling Secrets and Lies to Auditors

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As a long-time Director of Internal Audit for a decade, I have come across my share of staff who lie to me and my team in the course of our audits. One of the more interesting audits that I have carried out with my team was spot check on inventory of valuable items such as … Read more

How I Discovered Bid-Rigging (Part II)

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Asian office male and female executives discussing with furrowed brows on suspicious transactions

I shared how I discovered this alleged bid-rigging case earlier in my post. As the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore has issued their proposed infringement decision regarding the case, I will refer to the case as “alleged” until the finalized infringement decision is issued by the CCCS. The reality is that I managed to … Read more

How I discovered Bid-Rigging [Part I]

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I had promised in my earlier article on the recent bid-rigging case which was pursued by the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) that I would share more about that case in a future post. But before I write about that, indulge me in sharing the pivotal milestones in my 29 year journey as … Read more