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Dealing with extortion threats in the Philippines
The president of a major multinational corporation in the Philippines received a letter demanding a large sum of money in annual revolutionary taxes. PSA examined the letter and the envelope in which it arrived. PSA carried out a comprehensive security survey of the firm\'s headquarters and...

Theft of company equipment in southern China
A large international software manufacturer approached PSA to carry out a fraud investigation on their behalf. An unknown person had exploited a procedural weakness in the company’s warranty program, enabling him to steal some computer equipment from their operation in Southern China...

Operating in challenging environments
The client had been hired to supply, install, and maintain millions of dollars\' worth of alternative energy equipment in a project that had financial backing from two different governments. However, the best location for the project was Mindanao, where leftist and Muslim rebels are active...

Managing complex site challenges
One private infrastructure company in the Philippines contacted PSA with complaints about their security guard force and asked us to make some suggestions. PSA did a complete assessment of the site and found that the client\'s security problems were complex ranging from...

Dealing with governments on sensitive issues
A large multinational client had a sensitive and widely misunderstood product that it was hoping to test in a Southeast Asian country. The problem was community-level resistance. A few nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the Southeast Asian country opposed the product...

Company and individual background checks in China
A European risk consultancy company, working on behalf of their China-based client, tasked PSA to help conduct a background check. Their client wanted to rent a significant amount of office space from a local real estate firm, the staff and CEO of which were largely foreign nationals...

Investigating fraud in China
A major multinational bank invested US$200 million in a bridge and highway construction project in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi. Several weeks after the bidding was completed and the winners announced, the bank received an anonymous letter alleging collusion among the winning bidders...

Corporate Fraud Investigations in China and the Philippines
Corporate management suspected that their procurement staff were manipulating purchasing figures to unlawfully benefit some employees within the organization.

Internal Corporate Investigation in China
A European manufacturer, based near Shanghai, approached PSA after their long-standing General Manager (GM) abruptly resigned from the company. In the months leading up to the resignation, the management team in Europe had begun to notice increasingly strange behavior from the GM. ...


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	Untitled Document Management Team Directory Scott Harrison Managing Director Scott brings a wealth of intelligence and security expertise to the firm, developed over a long and distinguished career with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)... more Graeme Campbell Executive Director Graeme has over 18 year’s security experience in Asia as an analyst, consultant, and manager... more Richard Jacobson Operations Director Richard Jacobson served with the U.S. military in Vietnam before starting a 23 year career with the Central Intelligence Agency... more Buck Jurken Managing Director and Senior Vice President - PSA North America At PSA North America, Mr. Jurken is responsible for the company’s business development, customer satisfaction as well as running the day-to-day operations... more Mark Condon Managing Director - PSA Australia Mark Condon is the managing director of PSA in Australia. From 1995, Mark has been involved in providing consulting services and managing... more Evonne Chiu Greater China Director Evonne is a research, operational and management specialist. She has systematically developed our China staff and operations over the past five years... more Greg Hallahan Shanghai Office Director Greg has worked on a variety of risk consultancy projects, ranging from due diligence background checks through to internal fraud investigations and security assessments... more Frankie Wong Security Services Director Greater China Frankie first started his career in the security industry when he helped oversee the overall security operations of the Hong Kong International Airport in 1977... more Bo Pan Greater China Due Diligence & Investigations Director A native of China, Mr. Pan is an experienced investigator and project manager who has worked with private industry, government, and law enforcement agencies...more Anthony Enrile Information Technology Director Anthony is a highly skilled IT professional with many years experience in different areas of information technology... more Mars Buan Business Intelligence Manager Mars brings to the firm expertise in security and intelligence analysis having worked for the Philippine government's premier intelligence arm for almost seven years.... more Peter Crowther Senior Investigator Peter has 41 years of professional investigative and security experience. His career began with the British Army where he was assigned to the Royal Military Police Special Investigative Branch (SIB)... more