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Aditya Kaushal, CFE

CEO

Gurgaon, Haryana, India12 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Led 200+ fraud investigations across 8 countries.
  • Designed AI-driven frameworks for compliance investigations.
  • Established compliance centers and trained hundreds on anti-corruption.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fraud Investigations Expert in Fintech and Compliance sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Fraud InvestigationsComplianceGovernanceForensic Audits

Other Skills

Compliance ProgramsEvidence ManagementNon-fiction WriterFCPAGovernance FrameworksForensic AccountingBusiness EthicsEnvironmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)Sustainable Business StrategiesBankingRetail BankingCredit RiskFinancial AnalysisCredit AnalysisBranch Banking

About

I investigate fraud for a living. I build AI systems to do it better. As Deputy General Manager – Risk & Vigilance at Paytm Payment Services, I lead fraud investigations and compliance programs for one of India’s largest fintech companies. Right now, I’m designing AI-driven frameworks for investigations — bringing structure, speed, and auditability to how modern compliance teams work. 13 years before this: Big Four forensics (PwC, Deloitte, Protiviti), UnitedHealth Group, and 200+ investigations across 8 countries. Multimillion-dollar fraud schemes uncovered. Compliance centers built from scratch. Hundreds of employees trained on anti-corruption protocols. Forensic work spanning fintech, healthcare, BFSI, petrochemicals, and e-commerce. I’ve spent my career doing two things simultaneously — solving complex problems professionally, and navigating serious personal ones. Managing chronic health challenges taught me the same discipline I bring to investigations: break the problem down, assess risk with incomplete data, decide under pressure, execute without flinching. That’s not a soft skill. That’s a survival framework. The challenges never stopped. Neither did the learning. Today I’m deeply invested in AI — not as a trend to follow, but as a tool to master. Something new applied every day. What I bring to every engagement: Calm under pressure • Structured thinking in ambiguity • Teams that deliver on tight timelines • Actionable intelligence from incomplete data • Frameworks that outlast the investigation Core expertise: Fraud Investigations • FCPA/ABAC Compliance • Forensic Audits • AI in Investigations • Cross-Border Investigations • Third-Party Due Diligence • Evidence Management • Governance Frameworks Small-town roots. Jammu. Global impact.

Experience

12 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
3 mos
Current Experience

Paytm

Deputy General Manager

Feb 2026Present · 3 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

  • I lead the investigations team handling employee escalations and misconduct cases across our merchant ecosystem and payment operations. My focus is on protecting organisational integrity, identifying fraud and policy violations, and ensuring trust in one of India's largest digital payments platforms through thorough, objective investigations and evidence-based decision-making.
Fraud InvestigationsCompliance ProgramsEvidence ManagementCompliance

Goodwork

Manager

Nov 2025Feb 2026 · 3 mos · Remote

  • At GoodWork LLC (UAE-based forensic services firm), I developed MVP concepts for AI-powered investigation tools and reasoning infrastructure platforms targeting regulated financial institutions in the GCC region.

Self-employed

Writer

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • I'm writing a memoir about navigating two kidney transplants and heart surgery while building a career in high-stakes fraud investigations across Big Four firms and global healthcare organizations. The book explores how the frameworks I use to investigate fraud—structured problem-solving, risk assessment under uncertainty, evidence-based decision-making—became the same tools I used to survive medical crises and rebuild my life. For readers facing their own impossible situations, it's a practical guide disguised as a personal story.
Non-fiction Writer

Optum

Compliance Consultant

Jun 2024Jan 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • As Senior Manager Compliance at Optum International (UnitedHealth Group), I served as the strategic anti-bribery and corruption risk resource for a USD 400B+ global organization, providing risk oversight across 5+ territories including the US, UK, India, Philippines, and LATAM. I established the Global Offshore Compliance Center of Excellence in India, designing governance frameworks and standardized ABC processes for offshore operations, while leading 25+ employee misconduct investigations involving fraud and corruption. I revised the global ABAC policy to address commercial bribery gaps, designed quarterly KPI matrix systems for MI reporting to leadership, conducted bi-annual ABC monitoring and QA reviews, and delivered anti-corruption training to 500+ employees achieving 95% completion rates.
FCPAGovernance FrameworksComplianceGovernance

Career break

Health and well-being

Sep 2022Jan 2023 · 4 mos · Chandigarh, India

  • A tough year for me health wise. Getting sick overseas was a little tough and challenging which also resulted in some old health issues cropping up but now I am taking this career break to get healthy.

Pwc india

Manager

Jan 2021Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • As Manager at PwC India, I led complex cross-border fraud investigations spanning multiple jurisdictions including India, Belgium, and Saudi Arabia. I directed high-stakes investigations involving fund misappropriation, board-level misconduct inquiries, and employee fraud cases across fintech, e-commerce, petrochemical, and financial services sectors. I conducted comprehensive fraud risk audits and forensic examinations, identifying control weaknesses and evidence of fraudulent activities that informed client risk mitigation strategies.
FCPAFraud Investigations

Protiviti

Manager

Feb 2019Jan 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • As Manager in Protiviti's Fraud Risk Management practice, I led investigations and compliance engagements across India, UAE, and Saudi Arabia. I conducted complex fraud investigations including embezzlement cases, vendor favoritism and bid rigging inquiries, and employee misconduct matters across manufacturing, industrial, oil & gas, and airport operations. I helped clients develop Business Ethics Codes and Supplier Codes of Conduct, delivered FCPA compliance training to management and supplier networks, and conducted fraud risk workshops with cross-functional teams to strengthen internal controls and awareness.
FCPAFraud Investigations

Deloitte india

2 roles

Deputy Manager

Promoted

Jun 2018Jan 2019 · 7 mos

  • As Deputy Manager in Deloitte's Forensic practice, I led forensic audits for India's largest banking exposures, with loan portfolios ranging from INR 25 crores to INR 45,000 crores across steel, power, real estate, and EPC sectors. I conducted insolvency transaction audits under IBC 2016, identifying avoidance transactions and fraudulent reporting across related entity networks. I traced complex fund flows across 100+ related entities, detected siphoning schemes, and provided litigation support with expert testimony on fund flow analysis and fraud methodologies. I also collaborated with Deloitte's US offices on a major banking compliance assignment for a US bank operating in India.
FCPAFraud Investigations

Assistant Manager

Dec 2015May 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos

FCPAForensic Audits

Myblood.in

Co-Founder

Nov 2013Mar 2014 · 4 mos

  • Served as an ideator, and developed an idea for a social enterprise working to reduce the critical hours consumed in searching for blood during emergencies, into minutes, and ultimately to seconds with a sustainable business and operations model.

Canara bank

Officer

Apr 2013Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India

  • Managed a credit portfolio of INR 1.5 billion (INR 150 crores), handling the complete loan lifecycle including financial appraisals, renewals, recoveries, court case management, site visits, due diligence, and new business development for the branch.

Education

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Finance and Marketing

Jan 2009Jan 2011

University of Jammu

BBA — Management

Jan 2006Jan 2009

DAV Public School

12th — Non-Medical

Jan 2003Jan 2005

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