Here are some of our favorite fraud and investigation related books from 2010. Have another site to add to this list? Tell us about it in the comments. The Big Short by Michael Lewis Michael Lewis’ The Big Short dives into the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008, overpriced real estate and […]
Corporate America has rightly embraced the regular practice of background checks. The use of them is mainstream and widespread: Human Resources departments require them for a potential executive, investors use them to do their due diligence investigation on hedge fund managers, lawyers need them to learn about their witnesses or expert witness, banks and private […]
Since most are already in the spirit of giving thanks, here are some reasons why a corporate investigator can make you feel very grateful! We go through the trash so you don’t have to… We will determine the legalities, abide by them and then grab that trash. A goldmine of information can be found mixed […]
Hedge funds on the verge of making critical decisions should have a corporate investigator on speed dial to get them the information they need to increase the likelihood that they will make a good investment decision. A famous proverb among Wall Street investors warns that once information is available to the public, investors have already […]
Regular visitors to this website know how important it is to conduct a thorough background check and that “Googling” someone does not qualify as a “thorough background check.” Although Google is the probably the most powerful tool in a private investigators tool chest, like other “tools” it does have its limitations. Consider this – the surface […]
October 2011 Update: Nicholas Cosmo Sentenced to 25 Years – History Repeats Itself Nicholas Cosmo’s guilty plea for running for $413 million Agape World ponzi scheme on October 29, 2010 reminded me of how this could have been avoided if investors had hired a professional private investigator to conduct a background investigation. It’s easy to […]
September 2011 Update: Samuel “Mouli” Cohen Trial Set As previously discussed on this website, in August 2010 Federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal indictment against a California businessman Samuel “Mouli” Cohen of defrauding at least 55 investors out of more than $30 million in connection with a publicly-traded company called Ecast, which Cohen reportedly misrepresented that the […]
Below are several links that are helpful when conducting a New York background check on a company or an individual. Although this does not cover all of the sources available in New York, these are some of the more useful links when conducting a New York background check: E-Courts One of the most critical areas […]
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