Tim Robbins stars as William Geld, an insurance
fraud investigator who is
sent to Shanghai by his boss (Shelley King) to investigate the forgery of «papelles,» or travel papers that provide «cover» for travellers, at a large company known as Sphinx.
Where an
investigator for a regulatory body
sends emails to two complainants who have alleged
fraud against a member, the
investigator may be protected from a claim for «defamation» arising from the content of his emails (e.g., where he confirms to the recipients that the body is prosecuting the member for professional [mis] conduct for the fact that he recklessly [carried out certain conduct]»), based on the defence of «absolute privilege».