Patrick Kelkar is a Partner in the Mintz Group’s Washington, DC office. Mr. Kelkar specializes in investigating complex transnational fraud and corruption cases. Mr. Kelkar has a wide-range of experience in conducting financial investigations around the globe, as well as internal misconduct and corruption investigations. Mr. Kelkar manages a practice group that conducts numerous Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) due diligence and investigation assignments.

Prior to joining the Mintz Group, Mr. Kelkar served as the Director of Operations for the Washington office of another international investigative firm. Mr. Kelkar was previously a Senior Investigator with the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme (the “Volcker Committee”). For the Volcker Committee, Mr. Kelkar played a key role in the high-profile investigation into allegations of corruption against the Executive Director of the U.N. Programme.

Mr. Kelkar also served for several years as an investigator and analyst for the World Bank’s fraud and corruption investigations unit and PricewaterhouseCoopers. At the World Bank, Mr. Kelkar conducted numerous procurement and financial investigations of development projects in Africa and Asia.

Mr. Kelkar has investigated allegations or suspicion of fraud, misconduct, corruption, kickbacks, theft and embezzlement specifically in procurement, contract bidding and award, and operations. These investigations range from localized, discrete internal investigations to wide-scale international investigations for large organizations and institutions.

Patrick Kelkar can be reached at our Washington, D.C. office at (202) 887-9100 and by email at pkelkar@mintzgroup.com.

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