₹700 Crore Gone by Friday: A Forensic Accounting Mystery Case File
₹700 crore vanished from one of Mumbai's sharpest wealth-tech firms in a single trading day — through the front door, in plain sight, disguised as ordinary business. No alarms. No forced locks. Just clean, patient paperwork. You have the weekend to find who did it, before the regulator does.
⚠️ NERD MODE · DIFFICULTY: HARD. This one is different. There is no body — the victim is the money. Solving it means real data work: auditing ledgers, tracing transactions, and cross-referencing tables to catch a fraud that isn't meant to be caught. If you love spreadsheets, forensic accounting, and puzzles that fight back, this is your case. If you want a gentle evening, start with one of our other files.
You're the forensic analyst called in over the weekend. Five insiders at Meridian Capital had the access, the knowledge, or the motive. Exactly one built and ran the scheme — and the loudest, guiltiest-looking suspect is the trap. To win, you must prove who did it, how the money was routed past the controls, and which exhibits prove it — not merely guess.
What's inside
- A 17-page forensic case file in a modern fintech-noir style — a deliberate contrast to our vintage whodunits
- An access-control matrix establishing who could touch the money
- Five suspect dossiers — motive, access, and what each is hiding
- Six data exhibits to audit: a vendor master list, a bank statement, a full payment ledger, an expense claim, a tamper-proof access log, and an email trail
- A reconciliation worksheet and a sealed solution with a scored verdict
How it plays
- Analysts: 1–6 — a deep solo audit or a team splitting the ledgers
- Time: 2–4 hours (long by design)
- You bring: a pencil, a calculator, and patience
The Casebook promise
Every fact you need is printed in the file. Nothing hinges on outside knowledge of finance — only careful reading and arithmetic. The culprit is provable. The proof is always in the file.
Case No. 3 in The Casebook Co. series. Ships as a premium physical case file.