Scoped, consistent public-source research
Your team defines named subjects and configures behavioral flags and keywords. Reviewers assess the available findings for relevance.
Fraud & Financial Misconduct Research
Public-Source Research for Fraud & Financial Misconduct Concerns
When a fraud or misconduct concern surfaces, your systems show the transactions. They don’t show what the people involved have said or shared publicly. Ferretly researches publicly available online content about named individuals against criteria you define, and returns organized findings for your team’s own review.
Book a demoWhat internal systems don’t see
Transaction monitoring, case management and records checks show what happened inside your systems. They don’t capture public online conduct, such as:
- Public commentary about the company, its deals or its counterparties
- Public statements that contradict what a person or counterparty has represented
- Posts that reference confidential or unannounced company matters, often a central question when insider trading is a concern
What your team gains
Coverage beyond a name search
The research covers public content across social platforms, news, forums and the open web, in text and images, across multiple languages.
Findings kept separate from conclusions
Ferretly supplies public-content findings. It doesn’t detect fraud or insider trading, identify securities violations, prove wrongdoing or reach legal conclusions. Those determinations stay with your team and its advisers.
How it works
Record the authorized purpose
Your team documents the concern, the individuals in scope and the authorized purpose for the research.
Set criteria
Choose from Ferretly’s 13 configurable behavioral categories and add permitted company or project words and phrases.
Ferretly reviews public content
The review covers social platforms, news, forums and the open web. It doesn’t access private accounts or request passwords.
Your team reviews
People on your team review the findings. Nothing is decided automatically. Optional Analyst Assistant support for eligible initial reviews depends on your plan and service agreement.
What reviewers receive
- Findings labeled with applicable behavioral flags and keyword matches
- The underlying public content, for context
- Public information only, with nothing from private accounts
- No fraud finding, no legal conclusion and no automated decision
Why Ferretly
Configurable criteria
Configure concern-relevant screening criteria and keep protected beliefs and characteristics out of decisions.
Separate from list screening
Sanctions, PEP and adverse media checks answer a different question. For list-based checks, see Ferretly’s sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening.
Structured, not ad hoc
The same categories and process apply to every review, instead of whatever one analyst thinks to search.
Where it could fit
The examples below are illustrative scenarios, not customer results.
Confidential-information concern
A compliance team reviews available posts associated with a named individual using permitted company or project terms relevant to a documented concern.
Counterparty representations
A financial risk team reviews public statements by a counterparty principal that may conflict with what the principal represented.
Audit follow-up
A corporate security team reviews public content about a vendor principal after an internal audit raises a concern.
Safeguards
Authorized, lawful purpose
Each review has a documented, authorized purpose and a defined scope.
Public content only
No private-account access, no passwords and no pretexting.
Not for legal proceedings or evidence
Ferretly’s Terms prohibit using service data in legal proceedings or as evidence.
Employment-purpose rules where relevant
If the person is a current employee or candidate, notice, authorization and adverse action requirements may apply. Your organization is responsible for its process.
Jurisdiction matters
Rules on researching individuals differ by country and purpose. Your team determines what applies.
Human review, human decisions
Findings inform your team. They don’t determine any outcome.
Questions, answered
Frequently asked questions
Does Ferretly detect fraud or insider trading?
No. Ferretly surfaces public online content that matches the criteria you set. It doesn’t detect fraud or insider trading, identify securities violations or reach legal conclusions.
Can findings be used as evidence?
No. Ferretly’s Terms prohibit using service data in legal proceedings or as evidence.
How is this different from sanctions and AML screening?
Sanctions, PEP and adverse media screening check names against lists and news sources. This research looks at what individuals have said and shared publicly online, against criteria you define.
Can we research current employees?
If the research is for employment purposes, employment-screening requirements may apply, including notice and authorization. Your organization is responsible for meeting them.
Who decides what the findings mean?
Your team and its advisers. Ferretly supplies findings only.
Talk through public-source research for your team
See how a documented concern would be researched from public sources, with the findings left for your team to assess.
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