Case 1 · Brand · Trade channel
Trade-channel diversion at a consumer goods manufacturer
- Situation
- Identical stock was selling below trade price in two states the company did not supply, reported first by its own distributors.
- Risk
- Channel leakage, price erosion and breach of distributor agreements across a region carrying a material share of national revenue.
- Approach
- Field enquiry across retail points, test purchases, batch-code tracing, and reconciliation of depot dispatch records against secondary sales.
- Technology used
- IP Octopus monitored online listings and resellers alongside the field enquiry, linking physical and digital channels.
- What was established
- Two depots were identified as the leakage point, with documented evidence used in contract termination and recovery.
- What followed
- Monitoring was retained on the region’s trade channel and marketplaces after the matter closed.
Illustrative and anonymised. Client names, locations and figures are withheld under confidentiality obligations.
Case 2 · Forensic · Procurement
Procurement fraud surfaced by a whistleblower report
- Situation
- A whistleblower report alleged that a plant procurement team was awarding orders to vendors connected to its own employees.
- Risk
- Vendor collusion, inflated pricing and undeclared conflicts of interest across a substantial annual procurement spend.
- Approach
- Forensic review of vendor masters, bid records and bank statements, corporate-records diligence on each vendor, and structured management interviews.
- Technology used
- Whistle Sentinel received, triaged and case-managed the report with a complete audit trail from intake to closure.
- What was established
- Several vendors were traced to relatives of two employees, supporting disciplinary action and recovery of overpayments.
- What followed
- Third-party integrity screening was embedded into vendor onboarding and reviewed each quarter.
Illustrative and anonymised. Client names, locations and figures are withheld under confidentiality obligations.
Case 3 · Cyber · Digital risk
Executive impersonation and data leakage traced through digital intelligence
- Situation
- Executives were impersonated across email and social profiles while customer data surfaced for sale on a dark-web forum.
- Risk
- The activity spanned domains, platforms and closed forums, with no single owner and no obvious point of entry.
- Approach
- Threat intelligence, dark-web monitoring and infrastructure analysis combined with a forensic review of the affected mailboxes.
- Technology used
- FraudSentinel360 and dark-web monitoring correlated the fake domains, profiles and data listing to a common actor.
- What was established
- The leak was traced to a compromised third-party vendor account; the impersonation infrastructure was mapped and evidenced.
- What followed
- Domains and profiles were taken down, vendor access closed, and monitoring retained on brand and executives.
Illustrative and anonymised. Client names, locations and figures are withheld under confidentiality obligations.
