Case Study 2: Learning from Fraud Investigations Gone Wrong

Case Study 2 aims to review real-life examples of fraud investigations that failed to meet investigative and institutional standards, identify root causes of failure, and develop strategies to strengthen investigative rigor and protect institutional credibility.
Jayneeta
Jayneeta Prasad (ADB)
Jayneeta Prasad is an Integrity Specialist at the Asian Development Bank’s Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, where she serves on the External Investigations Team. She holds a Master of Laws from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of the South Pacific in Fiji.
Prior to joining ADB in 2023, Jayneeta was the Manager of the Serious Fraud Division and Eastern Division at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Fiji. In that role, she led prosecutions of complex cases involving fraud, corruption, money laundering, and other serious offences across all levels of the court from the Magistrates’ Court to the Supreme Court.
Biagio
Biagio Fiorito (OLAF)
Biagio is the Head of an investigative Unit of the European Anti-fraud Office mandated to fight fraud and protect EU funds disbursed in the field of development and humanitarian aid.
Biagio has been working for 21 years for OLAF leading investigations in numerous fields, including internal investigations, research funding, pre-accession funding, with a strong focus on the Western Balkans.  
Although Biagio spent most of his professional career in the public sector, he also worked as an attorney in the fields of commercial and family law.  
He earned his Law Degree from the University of Naples Federico II. He further specialised in EU law and economics.
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Alex Boone (EIB)

CII General Principles for Core Investigative Activities

Six volumes of General Principles for conducting core investigative activities that greatly expand on the principles within the CII’s Uniform Principles and Guidelines for Investigations. Endorsed at the 21st CII, these Principles provide more in-depth, principles-based, uniform guidance to investigators and Investigative Offices conducting these six core activities: Intake and Evaluation, Scoping and Planning, collection of Physical and Documentary Evidence, collection of Testimonial Evidence, collection of Digital Evidence and Evidence Analysis and Reporting of Findings.

As supplements to the CII’s Uniform Principles and Guidelines, each paper sets out non-binding principles establishing uniform standards to guide investigators and Investigative Offices undertaking these activities. They are purposely not prescriptive in technical details nor implementing practices. These Principles will also form the basis for a future CII Investigator Credential and CII Investigator training pathways.