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PREPARE A DOSSIER ON THE SUSPECTS’ BACKGROUNDS

Prepare a dossier on the background of each suspect person reviewing and extracting informa-
tion as set out in Table 5.8.

Table 5.8 Background on suspects

Nature of information Comments

Personnel files

Annual performance appraisals Look for discrepancies and
Applications for financial references catalogue them as ‘Key Points’ for
Bank and mortgage accounts the interview
Car registration details Extract details for the diary of
Conflicts of interest declarations events
Credit card numbers
Date and place of birth
Details of loans and advances
Details of other family members, addresses and their
employers
Details of previous employers, including the names of referees
Educational qualifications
Leave slips and holiday records
Name of next of kin
Name of spouse’s employer
Passport and driving licence numbers
Pension and stock option plans
Photograph
Present and past addresses for the last 10 years
Previous allegations made against the suspect
Previous disciplinary warnings
Salary record
Sickness record
Surname of married daughters
Travelling expenses
Wife’s maiden name
Handwriting samples

Internal records and assets to which the suspect has access

Accounts payable and receivable Consider a detailed covert audit of
Asset registers all relevant records before the first
Cancelled cheques step or as part of it.
Company telephone call logs Catalogue any discrepancies
Email and correspondence files Add to the diary of events
Instruction and procedure manuals Identify ‘key points’
Job descriptions, contracts of employment and authority tables
Mobile telephone records (if paid for by the company)

Public records Directorships and shareholdings
of the subject and his immediate
Companies House family members
Credit and county court reports
Press reports (especially ‘Reuters Business Briefing’)