Fraud offences

Generally fraud involves a sort of deception as a result of which some unlawful gain can be received. The term fraud encompasses a number of crimes that can be classified as administrative and criminal offences. Fraud can be qualified as a breach of a contract or delict, and therefore fraud charges are often accompanied with restitution claims.

Against this background, we advise our clients on the following matters:

• Evaluation of the identities of business partners so that to avoid the likelihood of being defrauded, assistance of identifying Lithuanian partners and CIS businesses;
• Representation of victims, reporting about a fraud; 
• Assistance in bringing restitution claims;
• Protection of creditors analysis of behaviour of dishonest debtors, suspicious transactions, reporting about fraud;
• Fraud made with electronic currencies; 
• Third party cross – affiliation checks;
• Risk assessment of financial transactions; analysis of business  correspondence;
• Legal assistance on assets tracing and recovery of assets in various jurisdictions; 
• Dealing with fraudulent circumvention of returning debt; 
• Preparation and development of any-fraud and anti-corruption policies and procedures for companies; 
• Advising of upper-level management on the investigation of fraud crimes committed by employees;
• Assistance in preparation for criminal legal proceedings;
• Information and analytical support in the course of commercial and criminal proceedings in Lithuania.