Corruption Investigations Flashcards
True or False
It is NOT important to conduct a background check on the company suspected or corruption?
False
True or False
Circumstantial evidence of corrupt payments is most effective when it is used to corroborate other evidence, for example, evidence that an official is living beyond his means, offered to corroborate statements by witnesses that they gave the official large cash bribes.
True
True or False
To “impair” means to damage, interfere with or block the action of another, such as one bidder blocking another from submitting a bid, or threatening or attempting to do so. “Harm” includes physical injury to persons or damage to a company’s property or business prospects.
True
True or False
Probably the most fundamental rule of evidence states that, with few exceptions, “relevant evidence is admissible, irrelevant evidence is not.” Information is said to be relevant if it “tends to prove, or disprove, a fact in issue.”
True
True or False
An offer of, or demand for a bribe, even if not paid, can violate IFI Guidelines.
True
True or False
The “Case Theory” approach begins with an informed assumption or guess, based on the available evidence, of what the investigator thinks may have happened, which is then used to generate an investigative plan to test- prove or disprove- the assumption.
True
True or False
Proof of a misrepresentation should be done in two stages: first prove the representation through one set of documents or witnesses, and then prove that it was false by a second set of documents, or witnesses with direct personal knowledge of the falsity.
True
True or False
Knowledge and intent can be proven indirectly.
False
True or False
It is essential that every investigator or prosecutor develop and follow a “theory of the case” when investigating complex corruption and fraud offenses.
True
True or False
The two most important principles of evidence for investigators are relevance and weight.
True
