On January 11, 2018, Partner Zahid Quraishi presented a class entitled “Public Corruption Investigations: A Defense Perspective” at the Inspector General Academy in South Carolina. The class included the fundamentals, techniques, legal issues, and best practices of working several types of internal and public corruption investigations, via case studies and the discussion of lessons learned. The audience consisted of Special Agents from a variety of Inspector General offices including Department of Justice, Housing and Urban Development, Treasury Department and Air Force.
Topics Covered:
· Public Corruption Statutes and Prosecuting Public Corruption
· Investigative Tools
· Office of Government Ethics Investigative Tools
· Workplace Searches
· Employee Rights and Warnings
· Defense Perspective of Public Corruption Investigations
· Public Corruption Indicators
· Source Development
· Public Corruption Case Studies
