Forensic Credit Audit & Early Warning Signals
Learn the methods used to audit transactional history, analyze associate party loans, trace cash diversion, and evaluate red flags in corporate banking accounts.
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Introduction to Forensic Credit Audit
A Forensic Credit Audit is a specialized investigation of a borrower's financial accounts to gather evidence of financial manipulation, asset siphoning, or fraud. It differs from standard statutory audits by focusing on transaction trails, related party entities, and intent:
Funds Diversion
Using bank finance for purposes other than the sanctioned working capital/term limit (e.g. purchasing personal assets or real estate, long-term capital investments).
Funds Siphoning
Routing bank borrowings to dummy suppliers or associate businesses with no underlying commercial trade (directly stripping capital out of the company).
RBI Red Flagged Accounts & EWS Checklist
The RBI mandates banks to monitor a set of Early Warning Signals (EWS) to detect stress early and tag accounts as Red Flagged Accounts (RFA) if siphoning is suspected:
1. High-value transactions to related parties
Transferring capital to group companies under the guise of interest-free loans or trade advances.
2. Divergence in Stock Statement vs Ledger Balance
Providing inflated inventory numbers to artificially increase Drawing Power (DP) limit while actual stock is missing.
3. Frequent routing of funds outside the consortium / escrow
Depositing sales realization checks into outside current accounts rather than the lender’s designated collection account.
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