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Sino-Forest Corporation · Timber plantations (China)

Revenue inflationFake customers or vendorsRelated-party diversionGovernance failure

The case in brief

Visible before detection

    Checks that could have surfaced it, on hindsight

    1

    Counterparty existence

    Would have visited and verified the suppliers and customers behind the timber sales.

    Can mislead when: Real companies can be used as pass-throughs. Existence does not prove a real trade, so C6 and C7 still apply.

    2

    Third-party confirmation

    Would have confirmed plantation holdings and revenue with third parties.

    Can mislead when: Counterparties can collude or ignore requests. A non-response is logged as a gap, never as a pass.

    3

    Ownership / related-party links

    Would have linked supplier and customer entities to insiders.

    Can mislead when: Nominee directors and offshore layers hide links. Name matching throws up false positives, so every flag shows its evidence path.

    4

    Bank credits vs books

    Would have tested reported sales against bank receipts.

    Can mislead when: AA only sees the accounts the company links, so an undisclosed account stays invisible. Cash-heavy businesses and timing differences create false flags.

    Where Kubr services would have helped

    Financial diligence

    Offered in India
    • C1 Would have tested reported sales against bank receipts.
    • C3 Would have linked supplier and customer entities to insiders.
    • C4 Would have visited and verified the suppliers and customers behind the timber sales.

    Valuation context

    Offered in India
    • C4 Would have visited and verified the suppliers and customers behind the timber sales.

    Proceeds tracer

    Offered in India
    • C1 Would have tested reported sales against bank receipts.
    • C3 Would have linked supplier and customer entities to insiders.
    • C4 Would have visited and verified the suppliers and customers behind the timber sales.

    Verified Snapshot

    Offered in India
    • C3 Would have linked supplier and customer entities to insiders.
    • C4 Would have visited and verified the suppliers and customers behind the timber sales.

    Mapped from the checks each service runs. A hindsight reading of public records, not a promise that the failure would have been found.

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    A summary of public documents. It reports what the sources say. It is not Kubr's finding and not a statement of guilt.