PFI Forensic Intelligence
Forensic financial analysis software for suspicious transaction detection and financial risk investigation.
Investigate suspicious financial activity, control breakdowns, related-party transactions, potential asset misappropriation, unusual payments, owner/partner withdrawals, payroll anomalies, journal-entry irregularities, and other high-risk financial patterns.
PFI Forensic Intelligence identifies financial patterns and risk indicators for investigation. Findings are not determinations of fraud, wrongdoing, or legal liability.
Forensic accounting software in PFI surfaces suspicious transactions, vendor and payment anomalies, payroll irregularities, related-party activity, and journal-entry risk — each finding connected to transaction evidence and presented for review by qualified investigators. Findings are evidence-backed, not determinations of fraud or legal liability.
PFI Forensic Intelligence identifies patterns, anomalies and control observations that may warrant further investigation — including vendor irregularities, payroll exceptions, related-party indicators and unusual journal-entry activity. Findings are evidence-backed and presented for review; PFI does not declare fraud, determine guilt or make legal conclusions. Those determinations remain with qualified investigators, attorneys and forensic professionals. Part of the PFI Financial Intelligence platform.
Forensic Risk Overview
Atlas Industrial Supply, Inc.
Industrial Distribution / Services · 18 months analysis period · 42,318 transactions analyzed
Synthetic demo data — clearly labeled. No live company data is shown on this page.
Demo / Synthetic Data — not live company values
Open Findings
7
High-Risk Exposure
$612,340
Transactions Under Review
43
Evidence Items
96
Critical Control Failures
4
Investigation Categories
Investigation Categories
Owner / Partner Transactions
Unusual withdrawals, distributions, loans, or payments to owners and partners outside normal compensation structures.
Related-Party Activity
Transactions with entities or individuals sharing ownership, family relationships, or undisclosed affiliations.
Vendor & Payment Anomalies
Duplicate payments, fictitious vendors, round-dollar disbursements, and payments to unregistered or dormant entities.
Payroll / Workforce Irregularities
Ghost employees, unauthorized rate changes, off-cycle payroll runs, and compensation inconsistent with role or period.
Journal Entry Anomalies
Manual entries posted outside normal periods, by unauthorized users, or reversing prior-period controls without approval.
Expense / Credit Card Misuse
Personal charges, split transactions to avoid approval thresholds, and recurring charges to non-business categories.
AR Write-offs / Revenue Irregularities
Unauthorized write-offs, credit memos without supporting documentation, and revenue timing inconsistencies.
Intercompany Transfers
Transfers between related entities without documented business purpose, offsetting entries, or settlement terms.
Investigation Flow
Forensic Investigation Flow
Every forensic finding traces a complete path from initial signal to investigation status.
Primary Finding
Vendor / Payment Pattern — Blue Ridge Facilities LLC
Demo / Synthetic Data — illustrative only, not a real finding
Finding Description
PFI identified overlapping vendor-master, payment, approval, invoice, and relationship indicators that warrant further investigation.
Vendor
Blue Ridge Facilities LLC
Exposure Under Review
$486,420
Payments Identified
17 payments
Analysis Period
11 months
Pattern Indicators
8 identified
Missing PO Support
14 of 17 payments
Approver Concentration
D. Harmon — 14 of 17
Investigation Status
Under Review
Pattern Indicators Identified
Repeated invoice descriptions and reference numbers
Invoice descriptions "Facilities Services — Monthly" and "Maintenance Contract Q3" appear across 7 separate payments. Reference BRF-2023-0068 was reused in seq 13.
Systematic payment splitting near $20K approval threshold
4 payments (seq 3, 4, 8, 9) were split into pairs totaling $38,100 and $32,300 respectively. Each individual payment falls below the $20,000 dual-authorization threshold.
Vendor created 11 days before first payment; banking changed twice
Blue Ridge Facilities LLC was added to the vendor master on 2023-03-03. First payment was issued 2023-03-14. Banking information was changed on 2023-06-26 and again on 2024-01-19.
3 payments approved outside normal business hours
Payments seq 5, 10, and 14 were approved at 11:47 PM, 10:52 PM, and 11:14 PM respectively by approver T. Weston. All three lack purchase order support.
PFI Forensic Intelligence identifies evidence-backed anomalies and control deficiencies. Findings do not constitute a legal determination of fraud, misconduct, or liability. Independent investigation and professional judgment remain required.
Duplicate payment indicators detected across 9 vendor accounts. Same invoice reference numbers processed on separate dates.
Unusual manual journal entries posted outside normal business hours by a single user ID. No supporting documentation attached.
Payroll exception cluster: 6 employees with duplicate direct-deposit routing numbers and overlapping pay-period adjustments.
Three vendors dormant for 18+ months were reactivated and received payments within 30 days of reactivation. No purchase orders on file.
Role Lens Consistency
Every Role. One Investigation.
Forensic Intelligence surfaces findings through the same four PFI role lenses — each focused on what matters most to that decision-maker.
Owner / CEO
Understand total financial exposure, highest-risk patterns, decisions required to limit further loss, and recovery path.
CFO
Quantify financial impact, identify control gaps, assess cash-flow effect, and define remediation steps.
Controller
Review flagged transactions, reconciliation breaks, open exceptions, and specific control failures requiring correction.
CPA / Auditor
Access evidence items, assess materiality, review findings, and trace the full investigation audit trail.
Decision Framework
Three-Scenario Response Model
Every forensic finding presents three response paths so decision-makers understand the consequence of each choice.
Exposure continues. Pattern may escalate. No documentation of awareness. Potential liability increases.
Immediate transactions halted. Root cause unresolved. Control gap remains open. Partial exposure reduction.
Full investigation initiated. Controls remediated. Evidence preserved. Exposure quantified and documented.