Below is a list of information that should be included in an extensive background check. What separates an extensive background check from everything else is the ability to identify information from various disparate sources to gather a more accurate, comprehensive and complete picture. By uncovering the complete picture, and not just a small piece, for example by […]
A lot of myth and romance about private investigators has built up over the years, from Sherlock Holmes to the Ferrari driving Thomas Magnum. Your private investigator in the real world really only shares one thing with the myth—getting results. Just think about the fictional investigator archetypes. We all know them. The hard drinking gumshoe […]
The Mouli Cohen trial is set to begin on Monday, October 17, 2011. The trial is on Judge Breyer’s calendar through Thursday, November 17, 2011. As previously reported, in August 2010, federal prosecutors in California unsealed a criminal indictment charging Samuel “Mouli” Cohen of 19 counts of wire fraud and 13 counts of “engaging in […]
Nicholas Cosmo, dubbed “Mini-Madoff” by the media because of his arrest weeks after Bernie Madoff, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $179 million in restitution. Cosmo was arrested in January 2009 and pled guilty to wire and mail fraud in 2010. What’s tragic about this fraud in particular is that Cosmo’s 4,000 victims […]
Is FINRA’s BrokerCheck Broken? Regulators have made it easier for investors to dig into financial advisors’ backgrounds, but even with the new disclosure rules, FINRA BrokerCheck doesn’t supply investors with all of the information that, in our humble opinion, they should be able to access. Furthermore, the multiple sources that investors or interested parties need […]
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