Brian Xolani Ngidi
Summary
In-depth Investigator experienced in fraud and corruption investigations within government and commercial sectors. Managed diverse teams and resources to achieve successful outcomes in complex investigations, including money laundering and banking fraud. Committed to delivering thorough investigative services that drive organizational integrity and accountability.
Overview
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2
Languages
8
8
Certifications
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Anti-Piracy Investigator
Multichoice, Irdeto
11.2024 - Current
- Conducted thorough investigations into piracy incidents, ensuring prompt resolution and compliance.
- Collaborated with law enforcement agencies to gather evidence and support anti-piracy initiatives.
- Monitored digital content for unauthorized distribution, implementing effective measures to mitigate risks.
- Analyzed data trends related to piracy activities, improving the accuracy of investigative outcomes.
ACTING-DETECTIVE COMMANDER
SAPS-MARIANNHILL
04.2024 - 10.2024
- Supervise, maintain and ensure case docket management
- Attend and manage scenes of crime
- Oversee, provide guidance in investigation.
- Support the Unit Commander and manage or control administrative issues linked to the environment.
- Render evidential support in criminal proceedings;
- Conduct court driven investigation
- Led investigative operations to resolve complex cases, enhancing law enforcement effectiveness.
- Coordinated multi-agency collaborations to streamline evidence sharing and bolster case resolutions.
- Developed training programs that improved the proficiency of investigating officers in fraud detection.
- Implemented strategic initiatives that reduced case backlog, improving operational efficiency within the department.
COMMANDER (Team Fraud, Statutes and Cyber Crime)
SAPS-PROVINCIAL COMMERCIAL CRIME INVESTIGATION (PCCI)
11.2021 - 09.2023
- Oversee the investigation of Commercial related crimes (Fraud and Statutes) within the Province.
- Ensure effective functioning of Commercial Crime Investigative Sub-Component for the investigation of Commercial Crimes.
- Enforce adherence to detective and other relevant organizational prescripts within the province (Stations) [Engaging with commanders / members, conducting inspections / interventions, guiding investigations] as Provincial Commander of Fraud and Statutes and in consultation with the Provincial Head CCI.
- Lead the Teams, Manage and Plan Projects within PCCI. Develop project scopes, plans, goals and budget; identifying resources needed.
- Develop the project methodology and ensure that the timelines are adhered.
- Guide and perform strategic analysis for the project.
FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR
NEXIA SAB&T
07.2014 - 11.2015
- Drive and monitor investigations to establish irregularities, fraud, corruption and quality losses to determine culpability; Develop and implement strategies to eradicate theft, fraud and corruptions on behalf of the client; Ensure efficient and effective utilization of resources and proper management of investigation assignment within budgetary and time parameter; and Develop and implement corruption risk management.
SENIOR FORENSICS INVESTIGATOR
FSG FORENSICS
06.2013 - 12.2013
- Operational and Revenue Generating and Managerial. Tracing, strategic audits and risk management; Consultancy and investigation of fraud; Second command in the absence of Director; Provide training and general managerial support; Maintaining and enforcing discipline. Identify and address managerial deficiencies; Identify and embrace growth and development vision of the company
FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR
LIETECH / OLD MUTUAL
11.2012 - 05.2013
- Provide professional investigative services and render support role to Group Forensic Services, a department in Old Mutual investigating all suspected incidents of fraud, theft, corruption, cybercrime, or associated internal irregularities, on behalf of the Old Mutual Group.
LIFE CLAIM VERIFIER OR ASSESSOR
CENSEO PTY LTD
09.2011 - 09.2012
- General office administration; Assessment reports; Liaison with desktop assessor and manager when applicable; Ad-hoc claims related enquiries as required from time to time; Required to travel to all parts of South Africa; Required to manage the received company resources for official use; To be a key custodian of the claims paying reputation of both internal and external clients; To behave honestly and with integrity; To execute any function or instruction only by way of lawful interactions and/or conduct; To promote and uphold the good corporate reputation of all stakeholders; To never take improper advantage of inexperience, lack of education, youth, lack of sophistication, language barrier or ill health of any client; To promote public confidence in the organization and all its stake holders through fair and conscientious dealings refraining from any fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, willful non-disclosure, undue influence or other harmful practice; and To never seek personal gain or make any secret profit, acquire any financial interest or benefit in any matter entrusted to me.
DETECTIVE CAPTAIN
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICES (SAPS)
07.2009 - 08.2011
- Supervise, maintain and ensure case docket management; Attend and manage scenes of crime; Conduct case docket inspections, Oversee, provide guidance in investigation; Support the Unit Commander and manage or control administrative issues linked to the environment; Render evidential support in criminal proceedings; Maintain and manage informers; Conduct court driven investigations. Gather information or evidence for case dockets.
- Liaise with various stakeholders
- Accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time;
- Set up ongoing procedures to collect and review information needed to manage an organisation or ongoing activities within it;
- Investigate cases of and coordinating information on white-plastic, cloned cheques, counterfeiting and the uttering of credit, debit and petrol cards. Cloned cheques include: 1. Duplicate cheques (where new cheques were printed and the original is still available) 2. Altered cheques (where the account number or cheque holder’ details were altered or another cheques’ details were printed on);
- Investigate cases of internet or phishing fraud;
- Investigate cases of asset finance including home loan, vehicles and fraudulent claims;
- Investigate cases and coordinating information and carrying out structured police operation in respect of the black dollar cases.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR (S/I)
NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY (NPA)
07.2004 - 06.2009
- Investigation of Organised Crime [Fraud & Corruption, Money Laundering, Racketeering, Financial Crimes and Serious Economic Crimes]
- Conduct Investigation and Gather Information; Plan, Organize and Coordinate Operational Activities prior to and during Investigations; Ensure maintenance of standards, procedures and methods for investigating selected cases; Apply policies in respect of Investigations and/or Operations; Supervise small teams during investigation; Draft applicable reports; Identify and Develop Crime Information Sources; Prepare Evidence for Court; and Mentor new members
- Project Management
- Preparing Project Plans ( using Manual and/or MS Project system); Preparing Project Budget; Submitting Application for Project Approval; Allocating Resources in a project; Tasking Group members during investigation; and Preparing Project Progress Reports
- Financial Investigation
- Financial Profiling of Suspects; Asset Tracking for Forfeiture Purposes; and Preparing the Affidavit for Forfeiture Order.
INTERPRETER
Du Toit and Associates
03.1998 - 03.2004
- Explain labor law and Provident fund to the farm employees; Traveling to the various farms around KwaZulu Natal; Presentations and interpretation of the law from English to Zulu; Assisting farmers to upgrade their contracts or agreement with the employees; and Signing all the contracts after the law has been explained to the employees.
ABET FACILITATOR
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
02.2003 - 12.2003
- Educating HSS, & EMS to adult learners; Selecting learners to their appropriate level of learning areas; Attending workshops for learning areas committee; and Representing the centre at various conferences and workshops
ISIZULU EDUCATOR
MARKLANDS SECONDARY SCHOOL
03.2002 - 10.2003
- Educating Zulu to learners from grade 8-11; Coaching Basketball; and organizing school's events.
GROUP SCHEME FINANCIAL ADVISOR
METROPOLITAN LIFE
11.2002 - 07.2003
- Provide services and marketing of stop-order business to the member of the voluntary schemes. Prospecting for the scheme and for company's growth; Recover those whose policies are no longer in-force. After sales to the new and existing clients. and Knowing the product very well and keeping records up to date to be able to answer queries concerning the year scheme
COORDINATOR
MAKAPUTU
01.2001 - 03.2002
- Organizing events that involve the centre and the community; Counseling and motivating the abused and the AIDS victims; Teaching self-defense through karate techniques; and assisting children with their homework.
- REASON FOR LEAVING : TEMPORAL APPOINTMENT
RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS MANAGER
UMGENI WATER
11.1999 - 03.2000
- Design, maintain, and update the filing systems; Training the users of the designed filing system; Ordering files for different sections or departments; and Writing monthly and yearly reports
- REASON FOR LEAVING : STUDENT VACATION JOB
FIELD WORKER
UNIVERSITY OF NATAL LIBRARY
03.1999 - 10.1999
- Shelving; Acquisition; Searching information; Issuing books; and Advising users
Education
B.TECH - Policing
TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TUT)
Victoria West, South AfricaPOST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ADVANCED UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA - INFORMATION STUDIES (AUDIS)
UNIVERSITY OF NATAL (PMB)
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa01-1999
Degree in Bachelor Of Social Sciences -
UNIVERSITY OF NATAL (PMB)
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa01-1999
MATRICULATION -
MARGOT FONTEIN HIGH SCHOOL
Klaarwater, Mariannhill01-1994
Skills
SAPS-PHILLIPI POLICE ACADEMY: INTRODUCTORY POLICE DEVELOPMENT LEARNING PROGRAMME (IPDLP INTAKE 3/2017)
DSO-SCORPIONS 16 WEEKS FOUNDATION TRAINING PROGRAM
PERIOD : JULY-OCTOBER 2004
FIELDS OF TRAINING
- Investigation of Organized Crime; Criminal Procedure; Physical Training; Advance Defensive Techniques; Survival Skills; Firearm Training; and Advance Driving
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE ACT (FICA) CERTIFICATE
- Introduction of Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA) & Prevention of Organized Crime Act (POCA) to Financial Institutions
CSIR CYBER FORENSIC TRAINING
- Gathering Electronic Evidence, including downloading Hard Drives on site; Managing Crime Scene where there are Computer Storage Devices; Identifying Information Storage Devices in a Crime Scene; Storing downloaded information for analysis purposes; and Marking Electronic Evidence
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Preparing Project Plans; Preparing Budget Reports; Allocating Resources; Understanding of the Critical Path; Compiling Progress Reports and Management of the Project using MS Project and e@glei systems
TIME MANAGEMENT- Assegai Training & Development
MONEY LAUNDERING- KPMG
ORGANISED CRIME: Investigating and Prosecution of Corrupt Activities (POCA)
FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION- US National Treasury
UNDERCOVER AGENT TRAINING
AGENT AND INFORMER HANDLING TRAINING
DETECTING BANKING FRAUD
SEXUAL OFFENCES FOR INVESTIGATING OFFICER- SAPS
BASIC CRIME INVESTIGATION PRACTICE - SAPS
COMPUTER LITERACY
MS Word; MS Project; MS PowerPoint Presentation; MS Excel; MS Outlook; Windows; AS 400 Banking System; e@glei; Crime Administration System (CAS), Circulation; Codeplex and Veritas
Accomplishments
- Equipment officer of the Wildlife Society, UNP [1996-7]
- Tutor for the UNP Tutoring Project [1995-7]
- Facility officer for the Malherbe House Committee [1999]
- President for the Malherbe House Committee [1999]
- Involvement in the AIDS Awareness Campaign, UNP [1999]
- Teaching art to the disable children at Happy Hour Day Care Centre [2000]
- Designed a school library, Phakathi J.P School [2003]
- Designed a school library, Klaarwater Primary School [2004]
Certification
LEVEL : TOP SECRET
Timeline
Anti-Piracy Investigator
Multichoice, Irdeto
11.2024 - Current
ACTING-DETECTIVE COMMANDER
SAPS-MARIANNHILL
04.2024 - 10.2024
COMMANDER (Team Fraud, Statutes and Cyber Crime)
SAPS-PROVINCIAL COMMERCIAL CRIME INVESTIGATION (PCCI)
11.2021 - 09.2023
FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR
NEXIA SAB&T
07.2014 - 11.2015
SENIOR FORENSICS INVESTIGATOR
FSG FORENSICS
06.2013 - 12.2013
FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR
LIETECH / OLD MUTUAL
11.2012 - 05.2013
LIFE CLAIM VERIFIER OR ASSESSOR
CENSEO PTY LTD
09.2011 - 09.2012
DETECTIVE CAPTAIN
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICES (SAPS)
07.2009 - 08.2011
SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR (S/I)
NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY (NPA)
07.2004 - 06.2009
ABET FACILITATOR
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
02.2003 - 12.2003
GROUP SCHEME FINANCIAL ADVISOR
METROPOLITAN LIFE
11.2002 - 07.2003
ISIZULU EDUCATOR
MARKLANDS SECONDARY SCHOOL
03.2002 - 10.2003
COORDINATOR
MAKAPUTU
01.2001 - 03.2002
RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS MANAGER
UMGENI WATER
11.1999 - 03.2000
FIELD WORKER
UNIVERSITY OF NATAL LIBRARY
03.1999 - 10.1999
INTERPRETER
Du Toit and Associates
03.1998 - 03.2004
B.TECH - Policing
TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TUT)
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ADVANCED UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA - INFORMATION STUDIES (AUDIS)
UNIVERSITY OF NATAL (PMB)
Degree in Bachelor Of Social Sciences -
UNIVERSITY OF NATAL (PMB)
MATRICULATION -
MARGOT FONTEIN HIGH SCHOOL
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
- Set both myself and others extremely high standards.
- A perfectionist with an innate need to get things right.
- Can tie up the loose ends and see an assignment through to conclusion.
- Like to be part of a specialist/technical/administrative team.
- Prefer the security of a structure working environment where the work parameters are clearly defined.
- Non-aggressive, dislike conflict, trouble, hassle or having to make harsh or unpopular decisions.
- Work in an organized and systematic manner in order to reach the perfect solution to problems and assignment.
- Prepared to follow systems, rules and procedures
MOTIVATORS
- I am motivated by standard operating procedures, precise work details and no sudden or abrupt changes within the work situation.
- Reassurance, sincerely and a happy home life are equally important to me.
- I enjoy sincere praise for my accomplishments and recognition for long service
VALUES BROUGHT TO THE ORGANISATION
- I am capable of contributing to any organization including the very specialized skills of implementing quality standards, systems and operational procedures.
- The focus on analytical objectivity and precision, devoid of any emotional bias will be well within my natural abilities.
- Support for the traditional values of life and business will be important to me and I will strive to ensure that they are not discarded without in-depth research and justification
DISCRIPTION
Compliant, dependable, careful, deliberate, systematic, amiable, persistent, accurate, good listener, perfectionist, kind, logical, non-demanding, mild, accommodating, reserved, reflective, suspicious, self-conscious, probing and serious.