Cyrus Chiu

Associate Director

  • Asia Pacific
  • Ethics and Compliance
  • Due Diligence
  • Investigation Services
  • Litigation and Dispute Support
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Cyrus Chiu is an Associate Director in Control Risks’ Compliance, Forensics and Intelligence practice, based in Hong Kong. He specialises in discreet investigations supporting legal claims and regulatory engagement, with particular expertise in cross-border fraud, asset tracing, and enforcement matters.

Cyrus also directs investigations into bribery and corruption, intellectual property infringement, and conflicts of interest. He has experience producing expert reports for civil fraud litigation and evidence reports for regulatory submissions.

Recent tasks that Cyrus has worked on include:

  • Conducting a global asset search of one of Asia’s largest media companies and its founder to enforce a major shareholders’ claim.
  • Identifying and assessing the commercial prospects of property projects under a struggling real estate conglomerate to include in a creditor’s settlement package.
  • Mapping the personal network and tracking the asset acquisitions and spending habits of a former bank employee suspected of fraud.
  • Identifying and gathering intelligence on the perpetrators of a pyramid scheme that exploited the brand of a well-known capital markets company.
  • Investigating conflict-of-interest allegations against senior executives and distributors of a consumer goods company.
  • Providing an expert investigation report to support a civil fraud claim filed by a multinational insurance company against former agents.

Before joining Control Risks, Cyrus worked at two international consulting firms. He established and led an investigations team in Kuala Lumpur for one of those firms. He also previously worked at a large international bank.

Cyrus holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Nottingham and is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). He speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese.

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